Australia's free trade agreement with China is likely to deliver significant benefits to agricultural exporters but the gains will be mainly indirect and apparent over the longer term, a report by Rabobank has concluded.
One of three independent directors on the board of grain grower cooperative CBH Group, Samantha Tough, has resigned today after reported divisions among its directors.
The southern town of Augusta will be home to a new artificial reef as a Western Australian company uses local technology to improve productivity in abalone ranching.
The falling Australian dollar has been a positive development for growers of the state's two largest agricultural exports as the harvest cranks up across the grain belt.
A Western Australian dairy boss who waited three years for the business to turn a profit has discovered the other end of the spectrum, and is now dealing with an operation that has outgrown its facilities.
Coles stores in Western Australia will be selling WAFarmers branded milk from today, with part of the proceeds from sales going to development of the state's agricultural industry.
Agribusiness Ruralco has nearly doubled its annual profit and hopes much-needed rain will start falling to help farmers in some states struggling with drought.
Western Australia is leading the country when it comes to the cooperative and mutual business sector, with three local operations named amid the nation's five largest.
Australian farmers and dairy processors will get a better deal than their New Zealand counterparts under a free trade agreement with China, the federal government says.
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is looking to expand her business empire with a $500 million bid to take advantage of booming demand for baby formula in China.
The state government must take action to amend its freight network lease, and should take action to recommission rail lines that have been put into care and maintenance, according to a report by the state parliament's Economic and Industry Standing Committee.
The Productivity Commission has called for a series of reforms to improve the competitiveness of the dairy industry, and warned that the federal government's drought assistance measures would have costly unintended consequences.
The state government has announced a further investment in the local agriculture industry, with nearly $10 million to go to a new sheep business centre in Katanning.
The death of 174 sheep, believed to be from Western Australia, on an export cargo plane due to a ventilation failure is being investigated by Singapore Airlines.
Agricultural producers might need to think about the structure of the industry in order to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity in the global food trade, Premier Colin Barnett has said while giving the 2014 Muresk lecture.
Grain grower lobbyist WAFarmers has had a win for its members, convincing the federal government to waive port regulations for grower co-operatives, on the same day CBH announced its estimated freight fees for next season.
New woodchip player Southern Pacific Fibre has struck a marketing and sales deal with Australia's largest producer and exporter of high-quality hardwood chips, Australian Bluegum Plantations, despite a weak woodchip market.
The Australian agribusiness industry received a boost today with a major deal signed with China for the establishment of a multi-billion dollar investment fund.
Receivers have said there are more than two dozen potential buyers in the sale of WA's largest locally owned mushroom farm, Jongro, with expressions of interest closing this week.
The state government today launched a two-year project to increase the supply of labour to the agrifood industry through migration, workforce development and training.
