July 2018

WAFarmers Upper Great Southern, Central Great Southern and Corrigin/Lake Grace Zones would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who attended the meeting in Katanning on Friday 20 July. The support received was overwhelming and demonstrated the strong concern from the agricultural community regarding the future of the live sheep trade.  WAFarmers President Tony York said it was a very realistic meeting and it was great to see so many farmers attend to voice

WAFarmers Upper Great Southern, Central Great Southern and Corrigin/Lake Grace Zones are holding a combined meeting tomorrow, Friday 20 July at the Ram Pavilion, Katanning Leisure Centre to provide a forum for farmers and allied businesses to convey their opinions about the current situation of live sheep trade in Western Australia. This meeting is open to the public and we encourage farmers and anyone involved in the livestock industry to come along and share their

After the regrettable announcement yesterday of the suspension of the export licence for EMS Rural Exports, it is now uncertain when Emmanuel Exports and Kuwait Livestock Transport Trading will be able to resume their shipping services. President of WAFarmers, Tony York said it remains unclear whether there will be a pathway available to Emmanuel exports allowing them to resume shipping services in the future, however advice from Minster Littleproud, suggest there remains the opportunity for