Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today released 2011 Planning Ahead: A guide for your cropping program, a comprehensive guide to helpWestern Australian grain growers prepare for the next season.
Mr Redman said the guide would be distributed before Christmas to allow growers to examine ... (21-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
Quarantine dogs will be on patrol at Perth Domestic Airport this Christmas to ensure travellers do not introduce any unwelcome guests into Western Australia.
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman said detector dogs and their handlers would be checking thousands of incoming passengers from ... (20-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
The Liberal-National Government will deliver on a major election commitment and invest $21.5million towards developing and modernising three key regional saleyards, providing a major boost to Western Australia’s livestock industries.
Premier Colin Barnett and Agriculture and Food Minister Terry R... (15-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has used an address to delegates at a major international grains forum to re-affirm the State Government’s commitment to agricultural research and development.
About 200 people from around the world are expected to attend the International Grains Counc... (08-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has welcomed support shown by Fonterra and Harvey Fresh for the Western Australian dairy industry in the wake of recent uncertainty.
Last month, Challenge Dairy Co-operative (CDC) informed its suppliers that it would cease trading and that they should ... (07-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
The Member for Blackwood-Stirling Terry Redman has today released a summary of incentives that some country Local Governments are being forced to pay out to secure doctors for their communities.
The Parliamentary National Party conducted a survey seeking to reveal the extent of the doctor shortage... (03-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
The State Government has provided a $50,000 emergency support package for people with disabilities and their families living in areas affected by the current dry season.
Announcing the ‘Dry Season Support Initiative’, Disability Services Minister Simon O’Brien and Agriculture and Food Minister ... (02-Dec)
Author: Terry Redman
The State Government is working with industry to coordinate services including on-farm visits for impacted suppliers of Challenge Dairy Cooperative.
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman said Challenge Dairy Cooperative representatives had informed him of their intention to appoint adminis... (30-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
Women from across the State are invited to become involved in the Rural Remote and Regional (RRR) Women’s Network of Western Australia.
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today encouraged rural and regional women who wanted to make a difference to nominate for the network’s reference gr... (26-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has welcomed today’s announcement that 2012 will be recognised as the Australian Year of the Farmer.
Mr Redman said West Australian farmers were experiencing one of the driest and toughest seasons on record and deserved to be acknowledged for their vi... (25-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today announced up to $3million would be made available for community groups across Western Australia to carry out critical natural resource management (NRM) work.
Mr Redman said local and regional organisations across the State were ideally placed to... (18-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today joined growers, wholesalers and retailers to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the opening of Market City in Canning Vale.
Canning Vale was chosen as the site for Perth’s main fresh produce market in 1989 after the decision was made to relocate f... (17-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
The State Government has announced a $178.8million investment package to bolster Western Australia’s grain freight network.
Premier Colin Barnett said the funding package would secure the Federal Government’s commitment of $135million announced in the 2010-11 Federal budget.
With previou... (15-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
Western Australia’s wheat trading ties with Indonesia have been strengthened following a week-long visit from the nation’s biggest flour miller.
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman this week met with representatives from Bogasari, which operates two of the biggest flour milling complexes... (12-Nov)
Author: Terry Redman
A healthy lupin snack and a sweet and salty ice cream have clinched the 2010 Department of Agriculture and Food Student Food and Beverage Product Development Awards.
Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today congratulated the award recipients and participants for their creativity.
... (11-Nov)