September 26, 2014

WAFarmers Dairy Council is currently putting together a submission on the National Breeding Objective Review and calls on farmers to provide feedback on this important topic. The recommendations of the review which require feedback are: The current APR is replaced by a new balanced performance index which is outlined in the report. This index aligns directly to farmer preferences expressed during Australia’s Longest Farmwalk and the National Breeding Objective survey. Two additional indexes are released

Dr Kelly Manton-Pearce has nominated for election as a WAMMCO Member Director. Please see the attached message from Dr Manton-Pearce.  

Australian farmers and beekeepers now have access to a world-first smart-phone application to help ensure the safety of bees during normal farming practices. CropLife Australia, the peak national organisation for the plant science sector, today launched BeeConnected, a first of its kind geomap based, user-driven communication and coordination tool to help protect Australia’s honey bee population. Chief Executive Officer of CropLife Australia, Matthew Cossey, said “Australia has one of the healthiest honey bee colonies in

WAFarmers members are encouraged to contribute to the inquiry into R&D levies in the agricultural sector. This levy impacts on organisations like GRDC, AWI, MLA and RIRDC. Members can forward their thoughts to [email protected] to be passed on to the appropriate Executive Officer. Below is some information on the inquiry. Inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition of and disbursement of marketing and research and development (R&D) levies in the agricultural sector