WA Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed the Federal Government's $2 billion spend on the Natural Heritage Trust Phase 3 Program, but said the impact on joint natural resource management activity would not be clear until he saw details of the plan.
The Western Australian Biofuels taskforce has recommended a target of 5 per cent biofuel consumption by 2010, switching to a mandate by 2011 if the 2010 target is not achieved.
Subiaco-based Lignor Ltd will receive log residues from the State Government's Forest Products Commission for use in its engineered strand lumber products until December 2013, Forestry Minister Kim Chance announced today.
A Libyan government delegation will be in Western Australia this week to discuss biosecurity and co-operative research and training with senior officers of the Department of Agriculture and Food and local universities, WA Agriculture Minister Kim Chance h
Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has announced the government is on track to eradicate an invasive pest from Western Australia - this one being the European Starling.
The State Government today announced a $500,000 funding package for a new voluntary certification and marketing scheme for WA food, and for the annual pesticide testing of fruit and vegetables.
Western Australia's Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance will visit remote Arubiddy Station on the Nullarbor this weekend for a first-hand look at the challenges faced by drought-affected pastoralists.
Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance has activated the State Government's Dry Seasons Advisory Committee, as the State records its driest start to winter on record.
The Carpenter Government has moved to protect Western Australia's natural environment and valuable agricultural industries with a $41 million commitment to biosecurity activities.
The State Government will investigate Australian Forestry Standard certification for native forests and State-owned plantations by the Department of Conservation and Land Management and the Forest Products Commission.
Western Australia has overtaken India as the world’s leading supplier of sandalwood, with 2,000 tonnes of native sandalwood harvested in the state each year.
A joint water research group including the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) through the institute Agriculture Research Western Australia (ARWA) was established yesterday.
Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance today welcomed Gull Petroleum Pty Ltd as the first fuel retailer in Western Australia to offer biodiesel to motorists.
Despite simmering tensions with Malaysia at a national level, the state government has announced a new agri-food trade arrangement with the South East Asian heavyweight.
Agriculture Minister Kim Chance today announced the membership of a Ministerial reference group that will explore issues relating to genetically modified crops and the status of GM technology.
New country-of-origin food labelling laws agreed to by the Australian and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council are welcome news but don’t go far enough, according to Agriculture Minister Kim Chance.
A Memorandum of Understanding that will forge closer agricultural ties with Brazil’s largest state, Sao Paulo, will have significant benefits for Western Australia, according to Agriculture Minister Kim Chance.
Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has announced that no changes will be made to the ministerial guidelines of the Grain Licensing Authority after an independent review found that the GLA system was of benefit to the grain industry.
Western Australia has rejected a Federal proposal to import New Zealand apples, but appears less concerned about a proposal to open the market up to imported pig meat.Commenting on a recent WA Departm
