A host of Western Australia's influential business leaders could find demand for their prized meat products clipped after China imposed a 55 per cent tariff on beef imports.
The giant Canadian pension fund behind the purchase of the north-west's biggest abattoir has promised stability and investment in the critical facility.
The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company out of administration to a Canadian super fund has finally been completed, more than one year after the bid was made.
A Pilbara cattle station will build a 10,000-head feedlot in a move it expects to bolster the region's status as a global premium boxed Wagyu beef supplier.
Gina Rinehart's agricultural business, S Kidman & Co, has given the Liberal Party of WA a boost of almost $100,000 in the lead up to the 2025 state election.
Former Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls has joined an iron ore minnow to lead engagement with Pilbara stakeholders as it presses ahead with a new mine.
Several major agricultural irrigation projects are moving forward in the state's north, with Pardoo Beef Corporation and Argyle Cattle Company among the proponents.
A Singaporean beef producer has bought the Pardoo Station in the Pilbara, including 5,800 head of cattle, with plans to increase the herd by 10,000 and develop further tourism facilities.
