The purpose of the GIWA Oat Council is to:
- To represent the Western Australian Oat industry in the area of plant breeding, agronomic development, production, handling and processing of oat varieties in order to promote and safeguard the industries long term interests.
- To encourage sustainable production and marketing of quality Oats.
- To carry out, promote or assist in activities of any kind associated with the development, handling, processing, promotion and marketing of Oats and its derivatives.
- To co-ordinate all sections of the Oat industry to improve the image of Oats in Western Australia.
GIWA continues to work with oat growers on alternative herbicide options, view GIWA Media Release.
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The GIWA Oat Council
Members
Ashley Wiese – Chair – Grower, Highbury
Anna-Lisa Newman – Deputy Chair – Grower, Varley
Andrew Bolt – CEO, Demeter Grains
Lachlan Briotti – Specialist (Commodity Trading), CBH Group
Trent Butcher – Agronomist, ConsultAg
Will Carrington-Jones – Grower, Kojonup
Brent Hope – General Manager Operations, Unigrain
Chris Maughan – Supply Chain Manager, Quaker Oats Australia Pty Ltd
David Oates – Director, Demeter Grains
Jackson Morris – Trader, Premium Grain Handlers
Garry Page – Organic Oat Grower, Pingelly, and Certified Organic and Biodynamic WA
Allan Rattey – Oat Breeder, InterGrain
Guests (non-voting)
Larisa Cato – Wheat Quality Technical Markets Manager, AEGIC
Sabori Mitra – Oat and Barley Technical Manager, AEGIC
John Orr – Director, Premium Grain Handlers (proxy member)
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Blakely Paynter – Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD
Georgie Troup – Research Officer, DPIRD
Michael Vaccari – General Manager Commercial, Unigrain (proxy member)