WAFarmers welcomes Premier Mark McGowan’s announcement launching Streamline WA. Western Australian agriculture contributes approximately $8.5billion to the State’s economy, however one of the largest inhibitors on the sectors ability to grow and prosper is the impact of over-regulation. WAFarmers President Tony York said primary producers have a vast range of licences, permits and applications they must lodge and keep current in order to operate. “Many of these requirements could be removed or streamlined, creating greater efficiencies for

WAFarmers strongly supports AgForce Queensland Farmers’ campaign to have the Queensland Government hand the agricultural colleges at Longreach and Emerald back to industry, if the Government is unwilling to maintain them. WAFarmers CEO Trevor Whittington said the colleges play a critical role within the agriculture education and training system, a system that supports the future of our industry. “This decision will have wide ramifications not only for the Queensland industry, but agriculture right across Australia,”

WAFarmers has stated its concerns about the process adopted to evaluate the Expressions of Interest submitted for the South West Saleyard project. WAFarmers supported the Southern Dirt Expression of Interest (EOI) as it was based on establishing a cooperative model to be known as ‘The Southern Livestock Producers Cooperative’. WAFarmers Livestock President David Slade said the goal of Southern Dirt’s EOI was to build a modern, competitive livestock selling centre in the South West that

WAFarmers welcomes the announcement from the State Government that will allow traditional owners, freehold land owners and lease holders to decide whether hydraulic fracturing can take place on their land. WAFarmers President Tony York said WAFarmers has continually supported the right for farmers to have the final say on what occurs on their property. “In the WAFarmers submission to the Independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing, we suggested the decision for fracking to occur on

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its report and recommendations for the State Barrier Fence Esperance Extension and has recognised the proposal as environmentally acceptable, a decision WAFarmers has welcomed. WAFarmers Livestock Council representative and Esperance farmer Scott Pickering said that this is a great outcome for farmers in the Esperance and Ravensthorpe regions and fits in with the WAFarmers policy to ensure the protection of all livestock in Western Australia from wild dogs. “Assessments

WAFarmers is pleased to announce a new partnership with Rural Bank, which will see the organisations working together for the future of the WA agriculture sector. WAFarmers President Tony York said this partnership is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen our relationship with one of Australia’s premier rural lending and banking institutions. “Partnering with Rural Bank, given the alignment with their position statement of ‘Farmer Focused, Future Driven’, it is a natural fit for WAFarmers,” Mr