Agribusiness

09 Dec 2016

CBH Group will remain a non-distributing cooperative for the foreseeable future after a majority of its 4,100 members said they wanted to retain the current structure.

KLK Farms

Private timber plays paying out for Japanese owners

05 Dec 2016

Higher revenue from an improved woodchip market and a lower dollar has boosted profits at Albany Plantation Export Company, WA Plantation Resources and Bunbury Fibre Exports.

Pardoo Beef Corporation

Cheung beefs up produce pipeline

Katie McDonald

02 Dec 2016

A Singaporean businessman plans to advance the potential of WA’s $7 billion-plus agriculture export market.

WAFarmers

Greens flip on backpacker tax

01 Dec 2016

A particularly stressful week for farmers has come to a relieving end with the Greens today supporting the federal government’s proposed 15 per cent backpacker tax after voting against it yesterday.

WAFarmers

Farmers furious at backpacker tax defeat

30 Nov 2016

The federal government’s plan for a 15 per cent rate backpacker tax has been knocked down in the Senate, with the state’s farming body left furious and desperate for a solution.

Wellard

Wellard shareholders vent displeasure

Mark Beyer

29 Nov 2016

Shareholders in agribusiness Wellard have strongly rejected four resolutions at the company's annual meeting, though their anger over the company's poor performance was not enough for the nominee of a dissident shareholder to get elected to the board.

WAFarmers

Farmers applaud 15% backpacker tax

28 Nov 2016

The state’s agricultural body has welcomed the Commonwealth’s decision to reduce its planned backpacker tax to 15 per cent, less than half than what was originally proposed.

Ocean Grown Abalone

Abalone firm launches $5m fund campaign

Mark Pownall

24 Nov 2016

Augusta seafood group Ocean Grown Abalone’s $5 million fund raising campaign is progressing under the stewardship of adviser View Street Partners, with the launch of its official offer document as the

Veris

Otoc, TFS set for rebranding

23 Nov 2016

Perth company OTOC has joined TFS Corporation in receiving shareholder approval for a name change and rebranding, which both companies say will more accurately reflect their business models.

Brownes

Brownes cultivates pouch market

Dan Wilkie

18 Nov 2016

Dairy producer Brownes has become the first local company to manufacture yoghurt pouches as part of an ambitious plan to usurp Yoplait as Western Australia’s highest selling yoghurt maker.

Seafarms Group

Robb joins Seafarms as adviser

11 Nov 2016

Former federal trade and investment minister Andrew Robb has joined Perth-based aquaculture firm Seafarms Group as it progresses its $1.45 billion Sea Dragon prawn project in the Northern Territory.

Wellard

Wellard shareholder plans AGM upset

10 Nov 2016

Wellad’s third-largest shareholder says it plans to vote against the live cattle exporter’s remuneration report and has asked shareholders to back the appointment of one of its representatives to the board.

QUBE Holdings

Superfert into liquidation

04 Nov 2016

Failed fertiliser supplier Superfert Dongbu has gone into liquidation, 18 months after it had been put into voluntary administration.

Hancock Prospecting

Rinehart lifts Kidman bid to $386.5m

27 Oct 2016

Gina Rinehart and Shanghai CRED’s joint venture has proposed a counter-bid to that of the all-Australian consortium competing for the Kidman cattle empire, and says Hancock Prospecting would wholly acquire the target if foreign investment approvals aren't awarded.

Hancock Prospecting

Hancock invests $395m in UK fertiliser business

25 Oct 2016

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has announced a $US300 million ($A395 million) investment in a UK-based fertiliser business chaired by former Fortescue Metals Group deputy CEO Russell Scrimshaw.

CBH Group

Supply chain a key to unlock Asia

24 Oct 2016

Investment in South-East Asia’s grain supply chain will be one way for Western Australian growers to avoid losing market share amid growing demand for wheat in the region, according to the head of a m

Billionaires like beef but will they make money?

Tim Treadgold

20 Oct 2016

ANALYSIS: Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart, who are leading the herd into cattle farming, face a tough market for meat exports.

CBH Group

ACCC accepts CBH undertakings

18 Oct 2016

Grain handling cooperative CBH Group has opened itself up to increased competition in the provision of grain transport services, following a review by the competition watchdog.

New brand to showcase WA agrifood

14 Oct 2016

The state government has announced a new $8.1 million branding campaign to promote local agrifood producers to overseas buyers.

Fremantle Octopus

Agribusiness award contenders win from FTAs and export ties