October 23, 2014

Western Australian grain growers have access to a new reference guide to assist in decision making about which barley variety they should grow to deliver the best economic return. The Department of Agriculture and Food’s Barley Variety Sowing Guide for WA 2015 has been delivered in hard copy to about 7000 growers and industry members, and is also available on the department’s website. Barley is an important crop in WA, with an industry is worth

Below is a reminder from Rob Sands, Chairman of the Rural Business Development Corporation about the Drought Concessional Loans Scheme for Western Australia. “Obtaining a valid ‘BoM Rainfall Deficiency Report’ is the first step before completing an Application form. Data on the Bureau of Meteorology weblink is updated each 22nd or 23rd of each month.  This means that the area that is defined as having been impacted by a 1 in 20 or a 1

Western Australia’s leading agricultural advocacy group welcomes yesterday’s announcement that mandatory electronic tagging of sheep and goats will not be adopted. WAFarmers’ Livestock Section made a submission to the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement for the implementation of improvements to the National Livestock Identification System late last year in which it opposed the adoption of mandatory electronic identification. “The existing system of identification and traceability is well accepted and the introduction of mandatory electronic identification is