WA Grains Industry Strategy 2035+
The State Government, through funding provided by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), has requested GIWA on behalf of the WA Grains Industry to coordinate and develop a strategy for the grains industry for the next decade from 2025 to 2035.
The purpose of Strategy 2035+ is to provide a shared whole-of-value-chain focus on actions that will make the biggest contribution to achieving an increase in the value of the industry, and to do this by guiding investment and projects on behalf of the State’s grains industry.
The strategy will be developed in 2025 through widespread consultation with the industry with a planned completion date of October 2025.
Key questions to be addressed in the development of the Strategy include:
- What is the Current State of the WA Grains Industry?
- What should be the vision for the grains industry for 2035?
- What global and domestic trends will impact on the WA grains industry or components of it?
- What are the key drivers of growth and/or profit for the WA Grains Industry? (opportunities and threats)
- Are the drivers the same across all commodities?
- Are the drivers the same across all aspects of the value chain?
- Are the drivers the same across all regions?
- What should be the key Focus Areas/ Pillars for the WA grains industry to facilitate growth and prosperity?
- What should be the priorities and subsequent targets for the WA grains industry?
- How will the grains industry measure progress towards this strategy?
GIWA would like to hear from you if you have ideas to contribute to the identification of the major issues facing the grains industries and suggestions for the strategies or solutions to these issues. In a nutshell:
- What are the major opportunities and constraints to the future sustainability and profitability of the grains industry in Western Australia over the coming decade?
- What strategies are needed to enable the grains industry to address these opportunities and constraints and continue to adapt and grow in value?
If you have a contribution you would like to make to help prepare a strategy for the WA Grains Industry for the decade to 2035+ please email or mail these to GIWA and someone from the GIA team preparing the strategy on behalf of the industry will be in touch.
Email to: [email protected]
Mail to:
Strategy 2035
PO Box 1081
Bentley DC
WA 6983
The WA Grains Industry Strategy 2025+
In February 2015, GIWA launched the WA Grains Industry Strategy 2025+, a strategy to double the value of the WA grains industry by 2025.
The strategy was produced by the Grain Industry Association of WA, funded by DAFWA (now the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development – DPIRD) and launched by the former Minister of Agriculture and Food WA. GIWA members and invited stakeholders provided supply chain contributions over a nine-month consultation period from every sector of WA’s export-oriented grain supply chain including researchers, plant breeders, growers, grower groups, agronomists, farm advisers, input service providers, banks, feed and food grain processors, bulk handler and accumulators, container exporters, marketers, and industry organisations.
The strategy comprises eight industry wide actions, as well as a raft of specific recommendations for the major grain commodities grown in WA wheat, barley, oats, canola and pulses.