Agribusiness

OPINION: Land-use changes, changing seasonal conditions and market forces are altering the profile of the NZ flock.

The operator of Perth's biggest fresh food trading hub has banked a $21 million profit courtesy of a sharp rise in the value of the unlisted public company's property holdings.

A rendering plant behind Perth Airport critical to the state's meat industry has undergone a $20 million upgrade to boost capacity and improve its environmental credentials.

Australia's farmers and producers are on track to deliver a record result, with new figures showing the industry will pass $100 billion this financial year.

Union members have been locked out of CBH Group's Kwinana Grain Terminal on the first day of rolling stoppages designed to push the co-op into stumping up a bigger pay rise.

A Pilbara pastoralist is having to drill deeper to find water on his station which the state government draws from to supply Port Hedland.

Striking workers at CBH Group's Kwinana terminal will begin rolling stoppages next week in their bid to overhaul pay and conditions at the state's largest grain export hub.

Katanning's sheep processing co-operative has been fined $785,000 for the death in 2022 of a foreign abattoir worker.

Four regional maltsters are hoping to reduce WA craft brewers' reliance on global agribusinesses.

Four Indian agritech startups will move into the Food Innovation Precinct south of Perth to implement pilot projects in Western Australia.

Plant leather belts, food, and supplements could be made using spent malt from WA's breweries, with research underway to figure out how to value-add the waste product.

The WAFarmers president is laying the groundwork for a critical few years ahead for the agriculture sector.

OPINION: Agricultural advocacy groups operate in a complex financial environment, so knowing who's paying the bills is important.

Former tomato king Michael Le is set for an autumn showdown with lawyers, police and federal authorities over failed prosecutions last decade.

Salmon farmer Tassal has opened a barramundi nursery in Broome to boost supply to its Kimberley fish farm in the Buccaneer Archipelago.

An insolvency accountant has finally been allowed to walk away from the receivership of a company caught up in an ongoing row between property moguls Allen Caratti and John Caratti.

Wide Open Agriculture has launched a pre-feasibility study to underpin a 10,000-tonne lupin processing facility in WA.

ANALYSIS: The farming, forestry and fishing sectors continue to play a critical role in the Western Australian economy.

A Western Australian-bred apple has hit retail shelves in the United States of America for the first time this month.

Noah Chinyanga is working to build a consistent wholesale bouquet service in WA.

Ensuring a stable supply of WA's high-quality Merino wool as the sheep flock declines will require work.

International demand is increasing for Wheatbelt-grown mandarins, oranges and lemons.

Two Wheatbelt operators are using different carbon capture methods to supplement their income.

OPINION: We're gearing up to provide food for a population that may not exist in 100 years.

OPINION: WAFarmers lead disputes claims the sector in this state lacks political punch.

Kununurra's new $60 million cotton gin has officially opened, bringing with it more than 1,000 jobs to the East Kimberley over the next decade.

The WA Court of Appeal has dismissed a shareholder's bid to thwart a transfer of Yeeda Pastoral Company's shares, as part of the $56 million sale of the Kimberley business.

Silvalis Sandalwood has come through turbulent times with a large plantation resource ready to harvest.

Amid rail facility upgrades up-country, the nation's largest grain handler is turning attention to its seaside infrastructure.

WA charities have received a record donation through grain voluntarily forfeited by growers in the 2024/2025 harvest.

A desire to rebuild a local beer supply chain has WA brewers looking to the Wheatbelt to sow a good story.

The liquidator for a company, which John Nicoletti was a director of, has lost a bid to keep Lawton Gillon lawyers out of an ongoing legal battle with the grain farmer.