Agribusiness Food & Trade

The Western Australian (WA) Government is committed to supporting the growth and development of the agriculture, fisheries and food industries for the benefit of the State.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s Agribusiness, Food and Trade area works in partnership with government, industry and business to enable growth in the value, competitiveness and diversification of WA’s agrifood sector through facilitation of value adding, investment and export.

It facilitates this by:

enabling investment
enabling agribusiness development
trade market access and export development
food promotion and development
agribusiness knowledge and strategic insights.

Articles

Agribusiness Innovation Fund

20 August 2015

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is committed to supporting the Western Australian agriculture and food sector to grow and develop, in order to capitalise on gr
Partnering for Customer Value - Hear from the experts

11 November 2019

The Partnering for Customer Value initiative shares a number of presentations and one-on-one interviews from the experts.
Western Australia’s Agrifood, Fibre, Fisheries and Forestry Industries 2018

3 October 2016

The 2018 Western Australia’s Agrifood, Fibre, Fisheries and Forestry Industries (WAAFFFI) booklet is the Western Australian Government’s key publication for consistent Western Australian agrifood,
Mastitis in sheep

3 December 2013

Mastitis is the term for a bacterial infection of the udder. It is most common in ewes raising multiple lambs or with high milk production.
Partnering for Customer Value

5 November 2019

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Agribusiness, Food and Trade area supports Western Australia (WA) agrifood businesses in their efforts to develop high-value
Partnering for Customer Value - Patterns of Success

8 November 2019

The P4CV initiative commissioned 11 case studies profiling 14 agribusinesses in the horticulture, livestock, dairy, grains, seafood and processed foods sectors, across small, medium and large enter
Industry update: live sheep export #4

24 October 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is continuing to monitor and respond to changes in the live export environment which impact the Western Australian sheep industry.
Western Australian Certified Seed Potato Scheme: an international comparison

13 November 2013

Seed potato schemes do not have a standardised system for naming their field grown generations which makes it difficult to compare schemes.
Manjimup agriculture and food strategy

14 May 2014

The Manjimup Agriculture and Food Strategy was developed to identify projects that address contemporary agricultural issues and opportunities, and find successful applications for subsequent delive
The Western Australian beef industry

2 September 2015

Western Australia (WA) has many competitive advantages as a location for beef production, processing and export to target markets.