@belvarischetti

ABC WA Country Hour presenter

 Perth, Western Australia
Joined December 2016
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Jo Prendergast@jo_prendergast18 Jun 2025
🚢 wheat export trial two years in the making sets sail 🌾 "There's less middlemen and maybe a greater return of value to growers.” ✏️ w/ ⁦@belvarischetti⁩ abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/p…

Historic wheat shipment ends CBH's 85-year export monopoly at WA port

Competition grows in Western Australia wheat exports as farmers fed up with export costs send an independent grain shipment from Geraldton to Indonesia.

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Jo Prendergast@jo_prendergast10 Dec 2024
Pastoralists in WA say proposed changes to the terms of pastoral leases are ‘anti-agriculture’ and will be impossible for smaller businesses to meet. More on the WA Country Hour today with @belvarischetti abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/p…

Station owners take aim at secretive move to change WA's pastoral leases

The WA government wants to "modernise" the state's 85-million-hectare pastoral estate, but pastoralists say changes will be difficult and expensive to honour.

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Bovaer senior vice president says any concerns about its methane busting supplement is fake news 🎧 ⬇️ abc.net.au/listen/programs/w…

Bovaer manufacturer insists the cattle supplement is safe - ABC listen

The company that manufactures a cattle feed supplement, designed to reduce methane emissions, says any concerns about the safety of the product is fake news. 

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin53913 Jun 2024
Hundreds of angry and mobilised farmers are expected to meet at Muresk for today's committee hearing on the government's proposed ban on live sheep exports. @jo_prendergast @belvarischetti @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-0…

Farmers 'frustrated beyond words' over live sheep export debate as inquiry hears emotional testimony

WA farmers impacted by the proposed ban have had their say in Northam today, after a Canberra hearing heard from animal activists and industry leaders earlier this week.

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On today’s WA Country Hour. A WA farmer raises concerns about the performance of @PacificSeeds @AdvantaSeeds Garrison canola. He’s recorded a 21% mortality rate. How has your seed performed this season? @WAFarmersGrains @WAPastoralists @GrainProducers @WAGrainsGroup @angusverley
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This discussion will kick off today’s Country Hour @ 12:05pm WST.
WAFarmersGrains@WAFarmersGrains10 Sep 2023
Replying to @mdfowler100
@mdfowler100 will speak to @belvarischetti on Monday’s WA CountryHour about the ISCC restriction on AERIAL SPRAYING - which, unless changed, could prevent ISCC accreditation by many/most of WA’s grain growers. @cbhgroup @AustOilseeds @GrainsAustralia @WheatWatcher @theGRDC
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Belinda Varischetti retweeted
Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin5396 Sep 2023
WA honey industry says biosecurity 'complacency' has left the state ill prepared for future varroa mite outbreaks. @jo_prendergast @sophiej_johnson @belvarischetti @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

WA beekeepers fear biosecurity 'complacency' has left state ill-prepared for a varroa mite outbreak

WA's peak industry body for beekeeping believes there's a "huge risk" of the deadly parasite entering the state via freight link traffic or swarms of feral bees — but authorities are "incredibly...

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Natasha Harradine@natharra4 Sep 2023
Indonesia claims new detections of lumpy skin disease in cattle from Broome-based export yards abc.net.au/news/2023-09-04/i… via @ABCaustralia @belvarischetti @ABCRural @HanMurphy93

Two Broome cattle yards added to Indonesia's live export restriction list over lumpy skin disease...

Government authorities maintain lumpy skin disease has never been detected in Australian cattle despite Indonesia claiming positive tests have been in recorded in livestock from three new export...

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Sophie Johnson@sophiej_johnson1 Sep 2023
WA sheep export industry upset by alleged animal welfare breaches but unhappy with Animals Australia tactics. "[We have] a robust and mature regulatory system. You need to work with it." Latest story with the help of @belvarischetti and @Lucinda11Jose abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Sheep exporters upset at latest footage of animal welfare breaches but question activists' tactics

Producers say a video purporting to show Australian sheep cruelly treated in Oman does not represent the reality for the vast majority of animals exported live.

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin5394 Aug 2023
Fishers along WA's south coast say the Government has breached trust over repeated delays to the release of proposed boundaries for a new marine park in the area.@jo_prendergast @belvarischetti @ABCRural @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Fishers furious over wait for details on marine park plans

The industry on WA's south coast says the state government is taking an "untrustworthy" approach to the creation of a new marine park in the region.

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Michelle Stanley@michlstan24 Jul 2023
The live cattle export industry is headed back to court over "insulting" Commonwealth class action compensation offer "not within a bulls' roar" of the actual cost to producers. @ABCRural @alys_marshall @belvarischetti abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Cattle industry heads back to court with Commonwealth over live export ban

Australia's cattle industry says the Commonwealth's offer of compensation over the 2011 live export ban was "not within a bull's roar" of the cost on producers, so will fight it out in court.

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Michelle Stanley@michlstan18 Jul 2023
Cattle prices drop by 50 per cent, WA cattle producers brace for tough times ahead. North and south, things aren't looking too bright. @alys_marshall @sophiej_johnson @belvarischetti @ABCRural abc.net.au/news/2023-07-19/s…

The bubble has burst for Aussie cattle prices and producers are taking the hit

Cattle producers in WA who are supplying beef to domestic and international markets are feeling the pain of sudden price drops.

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin5395 Jul 2023
WA's biggest pork producer says it's shocked by the deaths of hundreds of pigs at a farm run by one of its suppliers.@belvarischetti @michlstan @ABCRural @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-07-05/l…

WA's largest pork producer 'shocked' by mass pig deaths on supplier's farm

Linley Valley Pork says it is deeply concerned by animal welfare issues on the property, where hundreds of pigs have died in recent days.

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Michelle Stanley@michlstan4 Jul 2023
Authorities investigating deaths of hundreds of pigs at Wheatbelt property. Multiple industry sources have told @ABCRural about 500 pigs have died, likely from respiratory illness, recent cold temps a contributing factor. @belvarischetti abc.net.au/news/2023-07-04/a…

Authorities investigate mass pig deaths at WA property

The government confirms animal welfare inspectors have attended a Wheatbelt piggery in response to a developing animal welfare situation.

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Western Australian grain handler CBH prepares for big crops of the future by buying new trains - ABC News abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Grain handler CBH spends big on new trains to future-proof supply chain

Western Australia's main grain handler will make its biggest purchase of rail infrastructure in preparation to move big crops in the future.

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin5392 Jun 2023
Pastoralists - including those skeptical of the Government's gun law reforms - have cautiously backed an overhaul of WA's much-abused 'property letter' system.@michlstan @belvarischetti @ABCRural @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Farmers support closing firearms loophole 'abused' by some recreational shooters

Outgoing WA Premier Mark McGowan says the "property letter" system will be overhauled as part of the state's gun law reform.

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin53928 Apr 2023
The death of 31 cattle during and after their transport from Darwin to Broome has sparked a significant blame game.@JessieMHayes @belvarischetti @ABCRural @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Cattle deaths linked to sea voyage from Darwin to Broome sparks blame game

An export depot has defended the management of cattle following the death of 31 animals during transport.

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin53921 Apr 2023
Special gun licenses for agricultural use and pest management looking likely as WA Government moves to mollify farmers and pastoralists over looming changes to state's gun laws.@Lucinda11Jose @belvarischetti @ABCRural @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Special firearms licence likely for WA farmers as state rewrites gun laws

The police minister acknowledges primary producers "require a firearm to make their living" and appoints a special advisory board to consult with them, as Western Australia moves to ban high-powered...

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin53917 Apr 2023
Station owners across the Pilbara are picking up the pieces in the wake of the destructive passage of Tropical Cyclone Ilsa.@belvarischetti @JessieMHayes @NadiaMits @abcperth @ABCRural abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

'Nothing left standing': Station owners left picking up the pieces after Tropical Cyclone Ilsa

Pastoralists across Western Australia's Pilbara region are facing a mammoth clean-up in the wake of severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa.

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Michelle Stanley@michlstan21 Mar 2023
Prominent WA pastoralist Michael Thompson is hoping to raise $100m to fight the Govts planned end to live sheep exports. @ABCRural @MattBrannRURAL @belvarischetti abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Cattle farmer launches grassroots campaign to challenge live sheep export ban plan

Michael Thompson runs cattle in Western Australia, but he has launched a campaign to fight the federal government's phase-out of the country's live sheep export industry. 

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