October 16, 2014

Members are encouraged to complete the 2014 Regional Wellbeing Survey, which is now live and will close at midnight on November 30. The survey is an important piece of social research that NFF and others draw on to understand people’s views on and the social impacts of a range of issues.  This year’s survey covers issues such as drought, water reform, green tape, CSG and mining, sustainable farming practices, markets, farm finance, and innovation. The

South-West farmers are encouraged to register their interest in farm planning workshops which focus on succession planning and marketing. Department of Agriculture and Food project manager Jason Moynihan said the free, one-day workshops were part of the successful Farm Planning Workshop series. “The new workshops have been designed to deliver a half-day Refresher workshop, for those who have previously completed the Plan, Prepare Prosper workshop, with succession planning or marketing the other key focus of

WAFarmers welcomes the tabling in Parliament today of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee’s report on the Management of Western Australia’s Freight Rail Network. The report supports the position which WAFarmers has long advocated – that there was no need for Tier 3 lines to be closed and all efforts should be made to reopen them, according to WAFarmers President Dale Park. “WAFarmers agrees wholeheartedly with the recommendation of the Committee that the government should