Agribusiness

OPINION: Decisions about inputs affect the whole farming system, which is critical to Australian farmers.

A proposal to remove strict operating limitations on a lime pit near Denmark has been knocked back again in a move one farmer-turned-miner has labelled 'anti-development'.

The competition watchdog has raised concerns for regional WA as the nation’s largest agribusiness makes a huge move to take over a rival company.

Mark Allison-led Elders Limited has benefited from higher livestock prices and improved production margins throughout its first half.

OPINION: The market-driven system under which Australian farmers operate ensures efficiency and competitiveness, but with added risk.

Tattarang has filled the long-vacant top role at its agribusiness division Harvest Road Group after appointing experienced executive Harvey Gaynor.

A hay processing company in the state's Wheatbelt region has been fined almost $600,000, after a worker sustained serious injuries including a fractured leg.

Seafood group KB Australia has sold most of its local rock lobster pots for about $10.5 million, but remains a major player in the sector under lease deals.

OPINION: Food producers receive only a tiny fraction of the money consumers spend on their products.

Labor candidate for the newly minted semi-rural seat of Bullwinkel Trish Cook has refused to be drawn on whether Labor’s live sheep export ban is hurting her bid for the seat.

WA’s oldest and largest dairy company, Brownes, has been put up for sale after its Chinese owner got into financial difficulty over a $200 million loan.

A fifth generation of the Fewster family could take charge of the century-old house that honey built.

Ting Pan leaned on a cherished heritage to grow the family’s honey business in WA.

A state government land agency has approved a two-storey cereal breeding research facility, estimated to cost $38 million.

Brownes Dairy's parent company has recorded profit and revenue increases it attributes to the growth of its export trade.

Earnings at Perth-based Austral Fisheries have risen more than 26 per cent on the back of a healthy increase in revenue to almost $163 million.

Scores of trucks descended upon the Perth CBD this morning for the Keep the Sheep protest in response to the looming ban on live export.

Brazilian agribusiness giant Minerva Foods failed to mention it has closed both of its Western Australian abattoirs in its quarterly financial update released to shareholders last week.

Australia’s major supermarket chains have consistently increased profit margins over the past five years, but it’s not enough to warrant breaking up of the big chains, the ACCC says.

OPINION: Any tariffs on Australian beef and sheep meat will pressure local exporters, US importers and consumers.

Administrators of The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA say the group is expected to return to committee hands in coming weeks after a deed of company arrangement was accepted.

A Wheatbelt farmer has spruiked the financial benefits of carbon farming as pressure mounts on the industry to adopt stronger sustainability goals.

Red Dog's vet Rick Fenny has built one of WA’s most eclectic large family businesses.

Business News has compiled a list of the state's largest pastoral leaseholders. It is a mix of rich-listers, cattle barons, family operations, miners, and indigenous enterprises.

An issue over shares transfer has caused a delay in the $56 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company, a deal that would save the Kimberley business from being wound up.

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Administrators of the Pastoralist & Graziers Association of WA have requested police further investigate financial misconduct at the organisation.

Graincorp and Cargill are both planning crushing plants in WA, but BP's move to defer its biorefinery has raised questions about the industry.

Seafarms Group is hopeful for progress on its Kimberley prawn farm after liquidators for Project Sea Dragon recommended it be placed back in voluntary administration.

Chicago food business ADM exported its first faba bean bulk cargo out of Esperance on the weekend, and used a loading system usually engaged by the resources industry.

Tattarang’s chief executive has opened up on wins and losses at Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private company and outlined plans for continued rapid growth.

SOUTH WEST: A family-run orchard has gone through some tough times in its almost 100 years of operation.