Almost every government that comes along claims that agriculture is a critical part of the State’s economy, particularly important for supporting rural communities and regional.

Western Australian farmers have been watching the decades long debate over the future of Fremantle port with growing frustration. Not that being frustrated with the

The hot summer months in the Middle East are coming to an end as the mean temperature drops from 43’c in July to 42’c and

In Western Australia we have our very own version of Ground Hog Day that tradition celebrated in the United States and made world famous by

Surra, Screw Worm Fly, Foot and Mouth, Varroa Mites, Africanised Honey Bee, Wheat Blast, African Swine Fever, TTTTF Stem Rust: the list goes on. There

Most people in Western Australia will not have heard of the Liberal Democrats, but there is such a party and they do have one member

Minister McTiernan has rightly pointed out that I am free with my advice on what the government should be doing to improve outcomes in the

The state’s pastoral leaseholders will be at the front line if we get a Foot and Mouth outbreak in northern Australia. If this disease gets

In the old days bread, milk and eggs were the staples of our diet. Ok, those old days were a long time ago – almost

In last week’s Farm Weekly (August 15 – p.12) PGA Western Grain Growers Chairman claimed that I, as CEO of WAFarmers had, ‘taken a very