Troubled fruit and vegetable wholesaler Odeum Produce allegedly owes $10 million to creditors, including the owners of the Crooked Carrot cafe and the Galati family, according to administrators.
A sprawling 2.9 million-hectare Kimberley pastoral empire owned by a Chinese property mogul has hit the market one year after rumours first surfaced of its impending sale.
Western Australia’s valuer-general has begun a major overhaul of convoluted pastoral rents to build a new valuation leaseholders can work out with “basic mathematics”.
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has delivered a stunning rebuke of commentary suggesting she does not support the live export sector, in a passionate speech that earned her praise from what was expected to be a tough crowd.
Direct relationships between farmers and retailers are on the rise. For one Perth baker, a global search for good wheat led to the gates of a homegrown agriculture legend.
Marine Produce Australia has been placed into liquidation owing $73 million to unsecured creditors after its asset-rich subsidiaries were sold to Tassal Group last month.
The state government has stepped in to fund a research program to futureproof WA’s scallop industry in the face of mounting difficulties caused by climate change.
The state’s third-largest vegetable producer and two of its directors have been fined more than $50,000 for using excess water at properties in Perth’s north east.