August 15, 2014

WAFarmers Grains section made a submission on the Inquiry into the Australian Grains Network to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Reference Committee on August 8, 2014. It provided an opportunity for the WAFarmers Grains Council to comment on the recent Tier 3 rail closure and the future of the grains industry in relation to supply chain efficiencies, grain marketing and export arrangements, competition constraints and transparency. Some key points of the submission

The endorsed copy of the Best Practice for the Transportation for Open Entrance Beehives can be downloaded by clicking here: Best Management Practice for the Transportation of Open Entrance Beehives April 2014. This was endorsed by AHBIC at the recent AGM. It is important that beekeepers do adopt this practice as there have been instances of irresponsible actions by beekeepers in leaving bees at petrol stations when refuelling and also at road works.  These irresponsible