January 22, 2015

Western Australian farmers can now apply for loans for debt restructuring as well as productivity enhancement activities under the Farm Finance concessional loans scheme. Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, said expanding the Farm Finance concessional loans to include debt restructuring introduced the sort of flexibility that farmers had been calling for and will provide another option for Western Australian farming businesses experiencing drought conditions. “We listened to farmers across WA about what they need to

AgConnectWA, in conjunction with WAFarmers, has secured a limited number of discounted tickets for individuals under 35 to the 2015 WAFarmers Annual Conference to be held at the Pan Pacific in Perth next month. Young people with a passion for agriculture and progressing rural communities are encouraged to take advantage of this special offer. At such a discounted price the next generation of farmers can’t afford not to go, AgConnectWA President Kallum Blake said. “I