October 19, 2016

As the three dairy farmers whose contracts with Brownes ended at the start of the month face the reality of exiting the industry, WAFarmers and the state’s dairy industry implore the State Government to come to a long term solution to prevent this happening again. The contracts ended on 1 October, with a mystery processor stepping in the following day and agreeing to collect the milk for a two week period. Despite ongoing negotiations during

Ahead of the flowering of jarrah in the next few months, the WAFarmers Beekeeping Section implores the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) to safeguard the future of the jarrah industry by implementing sustainable logging and fire prevention practices. WAFarmers Beekeeping Section President Leilani Leyland said there were approximately 200 jarrah sites in Western Australia with a potential retail value of $30 million in a flowering year, but activities by DPaW and the Forest Products