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To facilitate the public review of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Environmental Review Document, WAFarmers encourages people to support the extension of the existing State Barrier Fence from its current termination point 25 kilometres east of Ravensthorpe, north to Salmon Gums and ending east of Esperance near Cape Arid National Park in WA.  Members of the public are welcome to use a prepared letter template. Public submissions are to be received by the Environmental Protection

Last week, WAFarmers President Tony York, Policy Executive Officers Kim Haywood and Shannen Barrett, and WAFarmers Member Brad Mills (Brookton) met with representatives from the WA Police force to discuss a number of issues relating to road safety after a traffic accident. In addition to communications issues between landowners and the WA Police, it is understood there have been numerous infringements for unsecured loads following loose straw blowing off during transport. WA Police indicated that

The efforts of the Esperance Rural Fire Brigades were celebrated at the recent WAFarmers Esperance-Ravensthorpe Zone Meeting, with 24 chest fridges being delivered to representatives from the brigades. The 32 litre Engel fridges, which were purchased using funds raised by St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School for the WAFarmers Fire Appeal (Esperance), were handed over to representatives from each brigade at the Zone Meeting last week. WAFarmers Chief Executive Officer Stephen Brown said fridges were identified

With approximately 271,000 people employed in Australian agriculture, WAFarmers President Tony York said the industry’s most valuable resource – people – must be strong, supported and encouraged to move the sector in a positive direction. “People are the most valuable resource in Australia’s agricultural sector – without them, the industry would cease to exist,” Mr York said. “To this end, it is imperative that we develop a better understanding of opportunities in the sector to

Following on from the successful first round of funding, round two applications for the WAFarmers Dairy Industry Fund are now open! Round two will continue to support small and medium-scale projects that work towards the betterment of the industry, all of which should improve productivity, performance, business growth and diversity of the industry and any part of its supply chain. What kinds of projects can the Dairy Industry Fund support?The fund can support any small, medium

Over $11,000 has been raised for WAFarmers by Vita Group and Telstra customers to assist bushfire recovery efforts. Vita Group initiated the three-month fundraising initiative through Telstra stores across Western Australia to support advocacy for the state’s agricultural sector and contribute to the WAFarmers bushfire appeals. From 26 December 2015 to 26 March 2016, ten dollars from the sale of new post paid mobile connections made on Saturdays across participating Telstra stores was donated towards

The first day of the WAFarmers Annual Conference saw a new WAFarmers President and Senior Vice President elected, the appointment of regional Board positions, the formation of a new Livestock Council and the re-election of individuals to positions on the Grain Section Council. Following Dale Park’s maximum number of terms as President, Tony York was appointed as WAFarmers President at this afternoon’s WAFarmers Annual General Meeting, with Lynette Slade elected to the position of Senior

WAFarmers stands alongside the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), state farming organisations (SFO’s) and other industry bodies in launching a national campaign against the Federal Government’s proposed ‘backpacker tax’ which would have detrimental effects on the nation’s agricultural sector. The #backpackertax campaign will comprise an online petition and social media aimed at harnessing community support for a softening of changes to the way working holiday makers (backpackers) are taxed. Under the Federal Government’s proposal, backpackers would