Farmer rejects Chinese interest fears
A farmer, who has met representatives from a Chinese company offering to buy large tracts of farmland in Western Australia's south-west, says he sees Chinese interest in the region as a positive.
View ArticleFarmers threaten boycott over cheap milk
Western Australian farmers are threatening to boycott Wesfarmers and Coles supermarkets because of the damaging effect $1-a-litre milk discounts are having on the dairy industry.
View ArticleWAFF questions milk processor buying cows
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFF) says the state's largest milk processor should pay producers more if it wants milk supply security.
View ArticleWA's milk wars may be coming to an end
The WA Farmers Federation says that after months of intense negotiations, Wesfarmers has hinted it may raise the price of its house-brand milk.
View ArticleShires question where milk dumped
Questions have been raised about where Western Australian farmers can dump milk, after it was revealed last week's storm forced dairy farmers to throw out hundreds of thousands of litres.
View ArticleHarvey Fresh negotiates price increase with Coles
There has been a breakthrough in the so called 'milk wars' with Harvey Fresh finalising a deal with Coles which will pay more for its dairy.
View ArticleFarmers unsure of milk price rise amount
Western Australian milk processor Harvey Fresh still has not revealed how much money it will pass onto its farmers after last week's breakthrough in the so-called 'milk wars'.
View ArticleMilk price war blamed for 'devalued' dairy industry
Western Australian dairy farmers say the state's 'milk wars' will continue to force people out of the industry, despite Harvey Fresh announcing it will pass on an extra $3 million to its farmers over...
View ArticleWAFF fears price wars to oust more farmers
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFF) says food labelling showing the point of origin needs to be enforced to ensure Western Australian farmers are not pushed out of the industry.
View ArticleHope for green paper to lift dairy industry
The Western Australian Farmers Federation says better planning and investment needs to be directed at the state's dairy industry if the sector is going to survive long-term.
View ArticleWAFF casts doubt over Woolies milk plan
The WA Farmers Federation (WAFF) says a proposal by Woolworths to buy milk directly from farmers might not have any "significant advantages".
View ArticleSurvey reveals dairy farmers' confidence down
The peak body for dairy farmers is predicting the 2013/'14 season will be a year of consolidation for Western Australian dairy farmers.
View ArticleSouth Coast student wins national prize at Farmer of the Year awards
A young West Australian woman's passion for animals has seen her named the inaugural student winner at the Australian Farmer of the Year awards.
View ArticleAustralian agricultural production forecasted to reach $60 billion in 2016-17...
ABARES is forecasting a 6.1 per cent increase in Australia's agricultural production for 2016-17, driven by unexpectedly high grain yields.
View ArticleMajor milk processor offers 'pain share' solution to avoid axing contracts
Parmalat-owned milk processor Harvey Fresh will ask its suppliers to vote on a cost-sharing proposal that could avoid future contracts being axed.
View ArticleEmbattled West Australian dairy farmers could make extra cash by breeding...
The president of the Australian Wagyu Association has suggested West Australian dairy farmers dumped by their processors could turn to breeding a Wagyu cattle.
View ArticleWA dairy farmers feel pressure to sign 'devastating' new Brownes contracts
Struggling WA dairy farmers are slugged with new contracts by milk processor Brownes that include a fine for undersupplying milk.
View ArticleBrownes abandons low milk penalty clause in contracts for West Australian...
WA milk processor Brownes Dairy revises its dairy contact to remove a clause that proposed West Australian farmers pay a penalty for low milk supply.
View ArticleCattle genome patent to be permitted following Federal Court ruling, after...
A patent application has been granted which Meat and Livestock Australia fears will have a chilling effect on genomic research in Australia's cattle industries.
View ArticleDollar milk: The numbers, the dairy processors, and the supermarket deals...
When the chief of Australia's largest dairy processor this week said $1 milk "doesn't make any f**king sense", years of lobbying by farmers were thrust back into view.
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