Increased yields, improved water-use efficiency and strong grain and livestock prices contributed to a successful 2020 for broadacre farmers, despite trade tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
An upgrade to a meat processing plant at Katanning, a chicken feed mill in Muchea, a new piggery at Moora and a live lobster holding facility in Welshpool are the latest in a string of investments that will boost the agribusiness sector in Western Australia.
Western Australian farmers benefited from low interest rates, good crop yields and timely strength in commodity prices in the most recent financial year, according to the Planfarm Bankwest Benchmarks 2013-14.