May 9, 2014

The Australian Department of Agriculture has entered into an agreement with the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) for the delivery of real-time foot and mouth disease (FMD) training courses.  A number of courses have occurred throughout 2012/13, with 80 Australian participants having participated in these courses. Given the success of these courses the Department is currently in negotiations with EuFMD for the delivery of further courses for Australians throughout the 2014

The trustees for TH Peterson trust met on Wednesday May 7, 2014 at WAFarmers Head Office. It was the first meeting since the two new trustees, Mike Norton and Phil Gardiner, were officially appointed at the WAFarmers AGM in March 2014. The trustees would like to affirm to interested parties that as per the original intent of the TH Peterson Trust,  the funds invested in the TH Peterson trust will be used to assist in