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GIWA Pulse Forum PremiumCalls for money to pumped into lupin marketing

The managing director of national food company The Lupin Co says he believes the bulk of lupin research and development funding should be redirected into marketing for human food to supercharge demand.

Cally Dupe

GIWA Pulse Forum PremiumLupin taskforce set to ‘ground truth’ industry priorities

WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan has revealed a new lupin taskforce has been set up to “ground truth and implement” industry’s biggest priorities in lupin processing and promotion. 

Cally Dupe

Plant Protein PremiumWipe Open Agriculture plant to turn lupins into protein

Wide Open Agriculture has cut the ribbon on its new pilot plant to turn WA-grown lupins into plant-based protein in Kewdale.

Cally Dupe

BIOSECURITY ACT REVIEWSubmissions open into review of WA biosecurity laws

Farmers and pastoralists are being encouraged to provide input on a statutory review under way into the effectiveness of WA’s biosecurity legislation, with public submissions now open.

Adam Poulsen

sw wa drought hubPremiumWA farmers combat drought through soil amelioration

Soil amelioration techniques have delivered “make or break” results, enabling soils to store an extra 30mm of plant available moisture and upping yields by 400kg/ha.

Shannon Verhagen

Lentils instead of lupins?PremiumTrials to test lentils over lupins

Vast tracts of WA land could be opened up to “hardy, high-value” lentil crops over low-value lupins if a genetic acid tolerance study in the central Wheatbelt proves successful.

Shannon Verhagen

International Oats Conference PremiumWA set to host International Oats Conference

One of the biggest events on the global grains calendar is headed for Perth, with the first International Oat Conference in six years scheduled for Crown Towers from October 10 to 13.

Cally Dupe

Grain on Rail PremiumEsperance farmers reap extra $25/t after grain train return

WAFarmers grains section’s outgoing president Mic Fels says CBH’s decision to run trains in the Esperance Port Zone for the first time in four years has reaped farmers an extra $25/t for their grain.  

Cally Dupe

CBH Fees CBH hikes supply chain fees by $2.20/t

CBH Group is hiking up grower receival fees and exporters’ port terminal shipping fees by $1.10 per tonne each – to total $2.20/t – to counter rising inflation and bankroll its capital network upgrades.

Cally Dupe

much needed rainPremiumWet June brings 30-140mm to WA grain growing regions

A wet start to June has tipped multiple towns in WA’s grain growing regions into 200mm territory, with the past three week’s rainfall almost hitting triple digits in some areas as seeding wraps up.

Shannon Verhagen

CBH Member Forums PremiumCBH takes its member forums to the bush for the first time

CBH Group’s biggest bosses are hitting the road and bringing its member forum and popular cocktail party to the regions for the first time, with plans to hold both events in four towns in July and August.

Cally Dupe

Train derailment PremiumGrain rail network back on track after derailment

WA’s grain rail network is back on track after a five-day interruption caused by a derailment just 500m from the centre of Wagin. 

Cally Dupe

Conflict and WarRussia's grain blockade a war crime - EU

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Russia's blockade of the export of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a war crime.

Staff Writers

New BreweryPremiumTrue brew group of mates revive old brewery in Northam

A bunch of mates hailing from the Wheatbelt to Margaret River are reviving one of the State’s oldest breweries more than a century after it first began making beer on the main drag of Northam in 1897

Cally Dupe and Simon Collins

ON FARMSpirits high in New Norcia after stellar start to seeding

Wheatbelt farmers are “quietly optimistic” for another bin-bursting harvest after what some are calling the most promising start to the seeding season in decades.

Adam Poulsen

Canola cropsA Great Southern farm’s push into technology

As canola flowers begin to bloom, Kojonup farmer Rohan Thorn has given a nod to the use of best farming practises that have continuously been a productivity improver on his farm.

Bob Garnant

frost researchPremiumNew on-farm frost test to drive research across WA

A new on-farm frost test is set to “turbo drive” research into the weather phenomena’s devastating impact on grain crops, producing results within just 40 minutes.

Shannon Verhagen

Wagon DerailmentVideoPremiumCBH wagons derail near the middle of Wagin

WATCH: The Wagin to Lake Grace rail line remains closed after six empty CBH grain wagons derailed near the centre of Wagin.

Sean Van Der Wielen

Disease Warning PremiumOat growers urged to look out for red leather leaf disease

WA oat growers have been urged to keep an eye out for signs of a serious plant disease that can slash hay and grain yield and turn hay crops red.

Cally Dupe

GIWA CROP REPORTPremiumGIWA Crop Report: WA growers on track for bumper crop

WA grain growers are on track for another bumper crop with the nine million hectares sown amid skyrocketing grain prices in “good shape” following recent rain.

Shannon Verhagen

Seeding 2022 PremiumKojonup farmer’s promising start to growing season

Emerging crops, greening pastures and pregnant Merino ewes were all signs of a promising year ahead for Kojonup farmers Ben and Emily Webb as the first day of winter rolled around.

Bob Garnant

KEY PRIORITIESPremiumAustralian agriculture bodies lay priorities on the line

Biosecurity threats, trade barriers and workforce shortages are the most burning issues State and national agriculture bodies want Australia’s new Federal Agriculture Minister to tackle.

Adam Poulsen

‘SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS’PremiumState’s $1 million broadacre carbon farming boon

Efforts to prove the viability of carbon farming in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern are ramping up, with the State Government allocating another $1 million to advance a swag of on-ground projects.

Adam Poulsen

Seed Supply PremiumCanola seed supply challenged but crop should be celebrated

Two of WA’s most senior canola industry figureheads have lifted the lid on their side of the State’s divisive seed supply debate, as farmers finish planting their biggest canola crop in history.

Cally Dupe