The Muresk Institute invites family, friends, landholders and rural life-stylers to attend its Open Day on 9 May, 2015. The Open Day will include industry presentations and displays relevant to small landholders, careers and training information and opportunities to learn new skills. For a detailed program of activities click here. Visit www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/mureksinstitute for more details.
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking three non-executive Directors to be appointed to the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Board at this year’s Annual General Meeting. The Board provides direction to the management of the company including strategy development, review of governance, financial performance and risk management. As a skills-based Board, Directors have a range of expertise across corporate governance, business management, finance, livestock production and supply chain value adding, international marketing and research
Despite calls from WA’s largest agricultural advocacy body, Brookfield Rail has ordered the forced removal of the CBH rail fleet from the State’s grain freight rail network overnight. The interim access agreement expired last night as attempts by CBH to reach an arrangement with Brookfield Rail proved unsuccessful. Negotiations were hindered by Brookfield Rail’s decision to seek an increase of access rates by up to 30 per cent – a rise which WA grain growers
