January 25, 2013

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers) congratulates Life Member and current Wool Section Advisor, Tony Gooch, on his appointment to the Western Australian Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC). AWAC is a new advisory body established by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Hon Terry Redman, to provide strategic advice on matters related to animal welfare, including policy, legislation and codes of practice, education, use of animals for scientific purposes, emerging animal welfare issues and

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers) is calling for increased funding for Western Australia’s rapidly deteriorating rural road network, as part of its long term plan for a viable agricultural sector. Over the last three years, despite some funding increases, the State and Federal Governments are spending on average, about 42 per cent of what is required to sustain the road network, throughout most of the South-Western land-division. WAFarmers President, Dale Park, said in practical

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers), as part of its long term plan for farming, is seeking the development of a State Salinity Strategy. The strategy must prioritise National Resource Management (NRM) planning and funding processes to address the impact of salinity. The most recent analysis on the impact of salinity in Western Australia was the State of the Environment Report (2007), which identified the key land salinisation impacts as: It is estimated that 75