Agribusiness

Grain receivals in WA have collapsed 45 percent as low rainfall brings the state's agriculture industry back to earth following three seasons of strong crops.

Ian Trahar has moved to take full ownership of environmental services company CO2 Australia, which was demerged from Seafarms Group more than five years ago.

Harvest Road Group, the agricultural arm of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's business empire, reported a $38.6 million loss after tax in the past financial year as revenues fell by more than $120 million.

Quintis Forestry's entity Sandalwood Properties Limited has moved to wind-up 10 of its financially troubled plantation investment schemes after facing challenging market conditions.

Battery-electric trains remain some way off for Western Australia's largest grain handler as fellow heavy rail users in the mining industry press ahead with the technology to decarbonise their operations.

South West farmers have sued the state government for more than $9 million for alleged damage over 18,000 hectares of land during a bushfire in 2018.

Another strong crop has showered CBH Group with $6 billion in revenue as the Western Australian grain handler toasts a bevvy of record figures in its annual report.

International agribusiness ARYZTA has commenced construction on its first Western Australian bakery with a price tag of $66 million in the Peel Business Park.

Eggs have long been a cost-effective option for many Australian families.

Addressing the protein needs of a growing world population will prove difficult, given emissions goals.

Agricultural exports to the Middle East are being thwarted by a lack of space on planes leaving Western Australia and remain well below pre-COVID levels.

An algae farm in Karratha will seek to defy history and build an intensive agriculture industry servicing the lucrative health products market.

There is no good replacement for Western Australia's live sheep trade, Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has conceded, as the industry grapples with its looming closure.

There has been a large increase in the value of fertiliser imported to WA compared with other states.

In contrast to most industries, the olive sector's smaller producers tend to get most of the attention.

Facing challenging market conditions, Quintis Sandalwood has brought in KPMG to review the future prospects of managed investment schemes under its umbrella.

Western Australia's environmental watchdog has waved through a new irrigation project at one of billionaire Kerry Stokes' Kimberley pastoral stations.

Millions have been piled on top of collapsed barramundi farm owner Marine Produce Australia's alleged debt to creditors as liquidators continue to assess the company.

The state's biggest grain handler CBH Group has launched legal action against Kaefer Integrated Services over alleged failures at two of its facilities, claiming $23 million in damages.

The landscape for Australian heavy steer pricing has evolved dramatically this year.

Murray Watt says negotiations are continuing to lift tariffs imposed by China on Australian products, as the prime minister prepares to visit Beijing.

Administrators from McGrathNicol have been called in to lead a potential sale or restructure of ASX-listed Catalano's Seafood, which has operated in WA since the 1960s.

Is it time for agricultural businesses to work more closely together?

Margaret River wine will be fermented on the ocean floor under a new trial led by a WA abalone company and French underwater winery innovator

Troubled fruit and vegetable wholesaler Odeum Produce allegedly owes $10 million to creditors, including the owners of the Crooked Carrot cafe and the Galati family, according to administrators.

Major agricultural player John Nicoletti has put one of the state's biggest farm aggregations on the market.

A sprawling 2.9 million-hectare Kimberley pastoral empire owned by a Chinese property mogul has hit the market one year after rumours first surfaced of its impending sale.

Western Australia's valuer-general has begun a major overhaul of convoluted pastoral rents to build a new valuation leaseholders can work out with “basic mathematics”.

WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has delivered a stunning rebuke of commentary suggesting she does not support the live export sector, in a passionate speech that earned her praise from what was expected to be a tough crowd.

Direct relationships between farmers and retailers are on the rise. For one Perth baker, a global search for good wheat led to the gates of a homegrown agriculture legend.

Should emissions from food production be considered in the same light as those generated by disposable consumer goods?

China will lift tariffs on Australian hay imports in the latest sign relationships between Canberra and Beijing are on the mend.