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What to think about before the end of Financial Year 2021?
The end of financial year is fast approaching; is your business ready?
Instant asset write-off for eligible businesses
Last year, the government expanded the instant asset ...
When it’s difficult to bounce back
Depression is a serious condition that affects your ...
You’ve got 10 extra mental health sessions under Medicare
Maybe it’s time to use them
When will I get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Everyone in Australia will be offered a safe ...
Sea freight LCL service to support WA exporters
IF the service is supported and proves to ...
Coles
announces centralised ordering system to improve food freshness and reduce food waste
Pest surveillance working together to support WA horticulture industry
Identifying brown marmorated stink bug in a laboratory ...
Rapid fall armyworm identification assisted by LAMP technology
Craig Webster and Ben Congdon demonstrate the use ...
Foreign object contamination of fresh produce
MANY so-called pests that give rise to consumer ...
Latest mail on the snail: watch out for this giant pest!
Currently sitting at number 12 on the National ...
A guide for the use of recycled organics in horticulture
Compost is a mixture of recycled organic materials ...
NSW grower trials cover crops
VEGETABLE grower Kim Ngov and Marc Hinderager from ...
Sprayable biodegradable polymer membrane technology for agricultural crop production systems
f AROUND 3,500,000 metric tons of plastic ...
High-speed 3D scanner to inspect fresh produce
THE AVAILABILITY OF a skilled workforce to undertake ...
Success showcasing WA’s local food and beverages
This April, all West Australians were invited to ...
VegetablesWA welcomes new Labour Specialist to boost grower workforce
Several employers have expanded in size due to ...
Win for growers as more Pacific workers secured
In mid-May, a group of much needed seasonal ...
WA consumers hearing the call to ‘buy local’
CONSUMER research showed nearly half of all West ...
Water and fertiliser use efficiency improvement
A VegNET WA extension service update
Transitioning your farm to the latest Freshcare Food Safety and Quality Standard
Edition 4.2
Free employee assistance for Freshcare participants
An industry first initiative, Freshcare is providing free ...
Next in line to achieve global benchmark
THE standards provides certification options for fresh ...
Decoding the Horticulture Award 2020
Individual Flexibility Agreements
Natural disaster support update
On the evening of April 11, 2021, Severe ...
FARM BIOSECURITY FOCUS
THE aim of the project is that at ...
VegetablesWA President’s Report
Hello once again to my fellow growers and ...
Growing horticulture and irrigated agriculture in WA
Horticulture has the highest flow on benefits of ...
Chief Executive Officer’s report
For this, and many more tasty potato recipes ...
WA Potatoes Autumn/Winter Magazine
Tloaded with delicious recipes inspired by classics such ...
Tribute to Brett DeCampo
On February 26, 2021, the life of Brett ...
From the Pomewest Executive Manager Season update
By the time you get to read this ...
Show time launch for apple and pears
Through March and April, Pomewest kicked off the ...
Sam and Vanessa Licciardello Orchard 1 Sixty
Sam and Vanessa Licciardello are the third generation ...
Do you know your exotic pome fruit pests?
EXOTIC PLANT PEST HOTLINE 1800 084 881 E ...
Leading the WA industry to take a fresh look at exports
Boosting exports is a key priority in reducing ...
From the industry
FROST fans for dealing with spring frosts. Two ...
WA Citrus on tour
THE majority of WA production was represented by ...
Digital tools that make a difference in the orchard
Digital tools on farm — saving time, money, and ...
Reducing paperwork and increasing efficiencies
TRACMAP has a cloud-based job management system and ...
In the supply chain
During the industry tour, Terry from Ivankovich Farms ...
Workplace health and safety, learnings from vegetable industry
We would like to extend a big thanks ...
Industry update
PROTECTED Cropping trial at Moora Citrus. Though the ...
Bumper cherry season stems from lower prices
MORE than two-in-five Australian households purchased cherries in ...
Grower profile Dennis Tucker
DENNIS with a handful of Flavour Fall Pluots, ...
Stewed plums
A comforting winter dessert, best served with something creamy...
when things get tough, and your business runs into trouble
Most farming businesses, at some stage in their ...
If you’re an employee in the agriculture industry it pays to learn what you can claim at tax time
YOU can’t claim the cost of trips between ...
WA declared free from Queensland fruit fly
IN response to the Queensland fruit fly ...
Small business check a year into disruption
Small businesses play a major role in economic ...
Your work agreement
Use this template to help make a piecework agreement under the Horticulture Award.
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Natural disaster support update
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
On the evening of April 11, 2021, Severe Tropical Cyclone Seroja made landfall between Kalbarri and Port Gregory in the Shire of Northampton.
The dangerous system brought destructive winds and heavy rainfall to coastal areas and continued inland impacting additional communities.
Cyclone Seroja has been proclaimed an eligible disaster under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements Western Australia (DRFAWA).
Assistance may be available toward freight costs, materials for boundary fences (only where it is demonstrated that public safety is at risk), professional advice grants and interest rate subsidies on ‘new’ loans approved by Authorised
Deposit-taking Institutions to assist with recovery.
Following the cyclone, staff from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) assessed 20 horticultural properties in the Geraldton and Northampton areas for damage and found it varied according to location.
Damage to field-grown horticultural crops was limited to tomato crops being blown over and young pumpkin and melon crops suffering damage or loss.
There was also infrastructure damage to protected cropping tunnel houses.
The DRFA assessment is not yet complete and growers seeking assistance are encouraged to access available support.
For primary producers — eligible support measures under the DRFAWA are administered by DPIRD.
Free access to Rural West financial counselling services is also available to impacted producers by contacting them directly on
1800
612
004
or emailing
admin@ruralwest.com.au
.
Support measures under the DRFAWA are administered by DPIRD for primary producers.
For details of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements please visit the
Emergency-response/disasterrecovery-funding-arrangements
page on the DPIRD webpage (see link under more information).
To apply for support, an application should be submitted online, together with suppliers' invoices, evidence of payment and a tax invoice to DPIRD using the
department's
online
Grant
Management System
by the specified date for each event. Submissions close midnight October 14, 2021.
Flood in Carnarvon declared natural disaster
In early February, a tropical low dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain across northwest Western Australia, causing the worst floods in the Gascoyne region in a decade.
DPIRD mobilised a team of horticulture and soil specialists to assess the impact of the flood on growers and inform the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
LATHAM farmer Dylan Hirsch lost his main workshop along with other infrastructure such as windmills, fuel storage, fertiliser sheds, stored fertiliser and fences.
PHOTO © WWW.THELAND.COM.AU
Based on advice provided in the report, supporting data, and discussions with DPIRD staff, the Department of Fire and
Emergency Services (DFES) advised that the criteria for activation of DRFA Category C Recovery Grants for Primary Producers had not been met.
Throughout March, DPIRD focused on identifying and testing suitable soil, and assessing requirements to overcome barriers in accessing each site and helping to prioritise discussion required for approvals.
To apply for support, an application should be submitted online.
PHOTO © TRIN SUCKLING
The process to access soil is complex and involves many agencies.
DPRID has been liaising with the departments of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS), Planning, Land and Heritage (DPLH), and Water and Environmental Resources (DWER).
In addition, DPIRD has approached the Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation
(YMAC) to assess cultural or heritage values on the land being considered.
All land being considered is Crown land, including the blocks of the Gascoyne Food Bowl Initiative (GFBI).
Products such as sand and aggregates, including rock, are considered Basic Raw Materials.
On Crown land, Basic Raw Materials are deemed to be minerals, and extraction of minerals is administered under the
Mining
Act
1978.
Therefore, while a mining lease may be made over Reserve land, no mining can commence without the consent of the Minister for Mines.
Native Title legislation procedures must be satisfied before the Minister will approve a mining tenement.
MORE INFORMATION
www.agric.wa.gov.au/emergency-response/
disaster-recovery-funding-arrangements
https://agric.smartygrants.com.au/
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