October 20, 2017

CBH have announced that they will be releasing harvest receival information, aggregated by grade and port zone, weekly during harvest. WAFarmers supports the release of this information in an effort to improve market transparency, and may allow growers to make better informed decisions throughout the season. WAFarmers supports equal access to harvest delivery information as made available to the trade by CBH and Bunge. The information can assist growers to make informed marketing and agronomic

WAFarmers is encouraged by the Economic Regulation Authority’s final report into the Emergency Services Levy tabled in Parliament today. Recommendation 48 of the Ferguson Report urges the State Government to undertake a review in order to find the most appropriate department to hold the Emergency Services Levy (ESL), and furthermore, how it should be fairly distributed amongst the community. “In 2015-16 the ESL generated $323 million,” said WAFarmers General Policy Executive Officer Grady Powell. “Disappointingly