Countryman - StateWrap http://www.countryman.com.au/ Latest Content for StateWrap en-nz http://www.countryman.com.au/images/countryman_logo (small).gif Copyright 2007 Countryman http://www.countryman.com.au/feed/ Countryman RSS Generator infor@countryman.com.au infor@countryman.com.au WAFarmers doubts new grains body will work Growers have had their say and launched a new national grains body out of the ashes of another, but WAFarmers says it will be plagued by the same problems. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3605.html infor@countryman.com.au 02-09-2010 Grower has reservations about wheat map upshot The release of the first map of the genetic code of wheat has been hailed by scientists as both a way to boost yields and to help feed the world. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3606.html infor@countryman.com.au 02-09-2010 Meat zone move Plans for the South West Agrifood Precinct Group to develop an area for red meat producers, processors, exporters and food production groups, otherwise known as the South West Red Meat Precinct (SWAPG) are moving forward. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3609.html infor@countryman.com.au 02-09-2010 Sun shines on Dowerin Blue skies greeted visitors to the Dowerin GWN Machinery Field Days last week, with big crowds moving through the turnstiles at the State's biggest agricultural expo. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3610.html infor@countryman.com.au 02-09-2010 Volunteers recognised Seven community leaders are in the running to win The Royal Agricultural Society (The RAS) of WA's 2010 Rural Community Achiever Award. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3611.html infor@countryman.com.au 02-09-2010 Feedlot Farce Frustrated beef producers Matt and Janet Thompson are taking their long-running legal battle to the Supreme Court this week, in a bid to increase the size of their Narrogin feedlot and to defend the property rights of rural West Australians. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3565.html infor@countryman.com.au 26-08-2010 Beef leader dies The sudden passing of Ned Borrello last week, aged 50, has rocked WA agriculture and stunned the beef industry. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3566.html infor@countryman.com.au 26-08-2010 GM passes without honours The yield might be down a touch because of the dry, but Ballidu farmers Jon and Narelle Hasson are pleased with their genetically modified (GM) canola this season. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3567.html infor@countryman.com.au 26-08-2010 New grain types head for release Three new barley varieties and five new wheat types are on the horizon for WA growers. http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3568.html infor@countryman.com.au 26-08-2010 Dry July setback has family searching sky As their wheat enters its final stages, a Yuna farming family needs more rain to get their bigger crop over the line, reports Claire Tyrrell http://www.countryman.com.au/article/3569.html infor@countryman.com.au 26-08-2010