Darrylin Gordon, a Jaru cattlewoman from Halls Creek, has been named Western Australia's 2018 Rural Women's Award winner. Ms Gordon is passionate about empowering local Aboriginal people, and wants to effect positive change for the Kimberley. She is working to develop a program aimed at delivering a work orientation and mentoring program
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Work has started on the development of an integrated, multimodal transport strategy to improve both safety and productivity for Western Australia's agricultural regions. The strategy will be developed by a multi-agency team with representatives from the Department of Transport, Main Roads Western Australia, Public Transport Authority and Department of Primary Industries
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Four local growers and potato export and processing businesses based at Yarloop, Albany, Manjimup and Perth are set to receive funds under the Potato Industry Assistance Grants program. The grants will support recipients to introduce 21st century technology, build new infrastructure and bring in custom-built equipment to grow their exports. The projects
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Accessing export-related services will be streamlined for Western Australian agrifood exporters with the launch of an online portal that brings together services offered by government and industry. The Agrifood and Fisheries Export Services Portal brings more than 100 State and national services into a central source, for ease of access and
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More than $300,000 in rebates were provided in December 2017 and January 2018 to help 30 dryland farms cover the costs of improving water supplies, as they battle the effects of reduced rainfall due to climate change. The rebates are for new or upgraded infrastructure such as bores, dams, solar powered pumps
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Farmers and innovators in the agriculture and aquaculture industries are invited to apply for a new round of scholarships to pursue their unique ideas. The scholarships, of up to $30,000, can be used for travel to research international best practice, as well as for local commercialisation, testing and training. Applications for the
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Nine Western Australian agtech companies have been given the opportunity to take their technology development to the next level by participating in the state's first agtech-focused accelerator program. The HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program will support companies developing new and innovative technologies with the potential to help WA's agriculture and food industries,
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The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development will investigate a high-mortality live export voyage in which 2,400 sheep are reported to have died. Figures recently published by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources show a mortality rate of 3.76 per cent on a voyage from Fremantle to Kuwait,
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Four innovative and creative thinkers have been named as finalists in this year's Western Australian AgriFuturesTM Rural Women's Award. The $10,000 business development award celebrates female leaders across rural and regional WA and provides a platform to support women to create an impact. The bursary will help the winner drive their project vision,
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Researchers will be in paddocks later this month collecting samples to identify which plants are hosting a virus linked to subterranean clover red leaf syndrome. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the University of Western Australia (UWA) will undertake the sampling program for soybean dwarf virus. It is part
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