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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Govt to give DPIRD $131.5m

Business News Business News
18 Apr 2019

The state government will outlay $131.5 million of additional funds for the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in the upcoming budget.

Georgiou Group

WCP Civil, Georgiou win works at $150m CBH project

Business News Business News
18 Apr 2019

CBH Group has awarded six of the nine contracts for its $150 million Network Strategy Expansion project, including four to local contractors WCP Civil and Georgiou Group.

Simmons Global

One of Australia’s first mobile abattoirs built in WA

Madeleine Stephens Madeleine Stephens
15 Apr 2019

A WA-based engineering company has built one of the first mobile abattoirs for processing premium meat, addressing farmer and animal welfare concerns by eliminating the need to transport animals.

CBH Group

Infrastructure investment, marketing to grow agribusiness

Matt Mckenzie Matt Mckenzie
08 Apr 2019

Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.

Forest Products Commission

Collaborating to harvest forests’ value

Matt Mckenzie Matt Mckenzie
08 Apr 2019

Local timber businesses have about $100 million of investments in planning as they hope to benefit from demand for environmentally friendly products.

Eneco Refresh

Eneco Refresh taps into the NT with $3.8m buy

Business News Business News
05 Apr 2019

Malaga-based Eneco Refresh, formerly Refresh Group, has used its stronger balance sheet to expand into the Northern Territory with the purchase of a bottled water factory in Darwin.

Seafarms Group

Seafarms to raise up to $24m

Business News Business News
05 Apr 2019

Farmed prawns producer Seafarms Group has raised $20 million via a share placement, and will conduct a share purchase plan to raise up to $4 million along with a $3 million debt-to-equity conversion.

CBRE

Saudi group settles Nicoletti farmland deal

Dan Wilkie Dan Wilkie
05 Apr 2019

Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company is expected to invest heavily in a livestock and grain production operation in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, after settling on its acquisition of a 200,000-hectare parcel of land bought from the Nicoletti family.

Graincorp

GrainCorp stocks rise as malt spin-off brews

AAP AAP
04 Apr 2019

Graincorp's plans to demerge its global malting business and list the new company on the ASX have been greeted warmly by investors.

Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation

WA-based agtech startup secures federal grant

Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
02 Apr 2019

Agtech startup Laconik has received a federal government grant, the only Western Australian-based business out of 15 across the country to receive a portion of a $5.3 million round of funding.

Wellard

Wellard sells assets for $17.5m

Business News Business News
01 Apr 2019

Wellard has sold its Wongan Hills feed mill, and Baldivis Pre-Export Quarantine lease in Western Australia, as well as its Condah Pre-Export Quarantine facility in Victoria, to Ausvision Rural Services.

Ocean Grown Abalone

Ocean Grown Abalone facing legal action from supplier

Business News Business News
22 Mar 2019

Bremer Bay-based 888 Abalone has accused Ocean Grown Abalone of breaching a supply agreement by planning a future development for a hatchery.

University of Western Australia

Resistance far from futile with Batley on board

Delia Price Delia Price
12 Mar 2019

A plant scientist from UWA has won a prestigious award for her research into the canola industry, aimed at slashing rates of crop disease.

Rabobank Australia

WA farmers still most confident in nation

Business News Business News
12 Mar 2019

Western Australian farmers remain the most confident in the nation, but they are entering 2019 with lowered expectations following last year’s bumper season, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence survey.

Forbes Kirby Lawyers & Consultants

Market garden case finally ends

Madeleine Stephens Madeleine Stephens
26 Feb 2019

Five years after being the subject of high profile police raids and multiple charges, the legal saga facing three Perth business people is over due to failures of the prosecution deemed “totally unacceptable” by the judge.

Wellard

Wellard posts maiden profit but urges caution

Business News Business News
14 Feb 2019

Wellard has posted a $2.9 million profit for the six months to December, up from a $7.4 million loss in the previous corresponding period, and its first profit since listing on the ASX over three years ago.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Govt, GRDC sign $48m partnership

Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
13 Feb 2019

The state government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation have signed a $48 million scientific partnership for research into Western Australia’s grainbelt soils and boosting grain production for local growers.

Western Rock Lobster Council

Government compromises on rock lobster plan

Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
08 Feb 2019

The state government and the Western Rock Lobster Council have reached a comprise on the future of the industry, with the annual catch to increase by just 315 tonnes. However, details of how this will be delivered to the local market have not yet been worked out.

Mareterram

Sea Harvest fishes for takeover of Mareterram

Business News Business News
05 Feb 2019

South Fremantle-based seafood company Mareterram has backed a takeover offer from its largest shareholder, Sea Harvest.

AgriStart

Feds grant Agristart $485,000

Matt Mckenzie Matt Mckenzie
22 Jan 2019

Perth’s Agristart accelerator program has won $485,000 of federal government funding to run three startup incubation programs in regional Western Australia, in Northam, Albany and Busselton.

CBH Group

CBH surplus falls 48%

Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
21 Jan 2019

CBH Group has announced a $128 million surplus for the year to September 2018, compared to the previous year’s result of $248 million which was boosted by a record grain harvest.

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