WAGG, which represents more than 100 farmers with a range of operations, has been actively defending the live sheep trade, saying the ramifications of a ban on the trade would be devastating to WA producers – whether they run sheep or not.
The group wants WA politicians to have more input in the media debate about live exports and to back the agricultural industry rather than “sitting on the fence”.
MEDIA RELASE
November 8, 2017
Doug Smith, Chairman of the WA Grains Group says ‘Farmers are receiving mixed messages as to the health of the industry.’ At a recent PISC (Primary Industry Steering Committee) meeting of the National Research Development and Extension Strategy a WA Grains Group member presented his own figures that showed regardless of yield and price his gross margin per hectare for wheat was flat lining from year to year. This indicated that there was a need to look deeper into the cause of this issue.
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FARM WEEKLY article by STEPHANIE SINCLAIR
08 Oct, 2017 04:00 AM
Key representatives from the State’s grain industry say they are confident WA’s quarantine measures are adequate, after touring a number of biosecurity operations throughout Perth.
For the first time last month the GrainGuard committee was given an insight into WA’s frontline quarantine system, after visiting the Canning Vale wholesale produce markets and attending meetings with staff from Quarantine WA and the Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR). Continue Reading…
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