The GIWA Barley Council runs a public forum each year for the Western Australian barley value chain to discuss latest developments in consumer preferences, marketing, malting, breeding, research, agronomy & extension, variety rationalisation, variety accreditation, standards and MRLs. The GIWA Barley Forum is typically held in Perth in July, and on an as needed basis, a GIWA Barley Spring Forum with field walk in late August in a regional location.
Representatives of the trade, maltsters and brewers, Barley Australia (recently merged into Grains Australia), the malt barley technical accreditation committee the MBIBTC (brewers and maltsters), the tertiary research sector, GRDC, DPIRD, the National Working Party on Grain Protection, the Grain Industry Market Access Forum, the National Residue Survey, the Australian Export Grain Innovation Centre, plant breeders, farm business advisors, agronomists, grower groups, and growers regularly participate in these fora.
The GIWA WA Malt Barley Receival Recommendations for the 2023/24 Harvest can be downloaded to the right hand side.
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The GIWA Barley Council
Members
David Moody – Chair – Barley Breeder, InterGrain
Linda Hewson – Deputy Chair, Grower, Broomehill
James Allen – Grain Marketer, GrainCorp
Alex Barber – Trader, Bunge
Mark Basic – Regional Technical and Quality Manager (APAC), Boortmalt
Mal Bennett – Customer Relationship Manager, Louis Dreyfus Company
Amanda Box – Barley Breeder, Seednet
Ben Cotsford – Grain Marketer Team Lead WA, Cargill/AWB
Chayce Creedy – WA Procurement Manager, Mauri/Weston Animal Nutrition
Grant Marshall – Grower, Lakes District
Drew Robertson – Barley Trading Manager, CBH Group
Paul Telfer – Barley Breeder, AGT
Mike Tempone – Director, GAPRA
Tony White – Grower, Miling
Guests (non-voting)
Dale Paddon – Head of Operations, CBH Group (proxy member)
Blakely Paynter – Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD
Mary Raynes – Barley Markets Manager, AEGIC
Georgia Trainor – Territory Manager, InterGrain (proxy member)
