Robert Spurway sees the sense in more oilseed crushing to target growing demand for biofuels while building long-coveted influence in farming in Western Australia.

The GrainCorp managing director says there’s a compelling business case for Australia to at least produce feedstock for biofuels as GrainCorp fields partnership interest from oil and gas majors. The potential trade-off between growing crops for food or fuel comes at a time when the spotlight has been using land for wind and solar farms.