Works in this collection were published by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
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Bulletin 4936: Guidelines to importing and keeping regulated animals in Western Australia
Win Kirkpatrick
Introduced, exotic or alien animals are species that have been brought to a country or location where they do not occur naturally. (Hereafter referred to as introduced species). Mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians that are introduced or relocated to new areas often cause problems to ... Read more
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2024 Western Australian crop sowing guide
Brenda J. Shackley, Stacey Power, Blakely Paynter, Georgina Troup, Mark Seymour, and Harmohinder S. Dhammu
The 2024 Western Australian Crop Sowing Guide has been compiled by officers in the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. It provides information to support variety decisions for each of the major crops for the upcoming season.
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Pasture condition guides for the southern rangelands, including the Gascoyne, Murchison and Goldfields-Nullarbor
Peter-Jon A. Waddell, Philip WE Thomas, Wayne J. Fletcher, Kath Ryan, Joshua E. Foster, John K. Stretch, and Jim S. Addison
These guides address a recognised gap in readily applicable and easily accessible information on southern rangelands pasture condition and management.
These guides provide descriptions and images for southern rangelands pastures with similar management requirements for the grazing of native pastures by livestock. Therefore, the focus ... Read more
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Environmental weed risk assessment protocol for growing non-indigenous plants in the Western Australian rangelands
Geoff A. Moore Mr, Christine Munday Ms, and Papori Barua Dr
This bulletin is a post-border environmental weed risk assessment (WRA) protocol which is based on the Environmental WRA Protocol developed for the Future Farm Industries Co-operative Research Centre (FFI CRC), but with some changes to reflect the different environment and objectives.
The WRA protocol was ... Read more
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Geology, soils and climate of Western Australia's wine regions
Peter J. Tille, Angela Stuart-Street, and Peter S. Gardiner
This bulletin details what is special and unique about the geology, soil and climate of the south-west of Western Australia (WA), an area that encompasses the state’s 9 wine regions.
We have arranged the information into 2 parts:
- In Part 1, we broadly describe ... Read more
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Oestrogenic subterranean clover guide. Identification and remediation
Kevin J. Foster, Megan H. Ryan, and Daniel R. Kidd
Subterranean clover (subclover, Trifolium subterraneum L.) is an annual pasture legume that provides high quality feed for livestock. It is estimated to be sown over 30 million hectares across southern Australia, with cultivars developed for the low, medium and high rainfall zones. Unfortunately, some older ... Read more
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Skeleton weed in Western Australia : control program 2022/23
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
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Skeleton weed in Western Australia / Management guide
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Skeleton weed is a declared plant which can reduce crop yields by competing for moisture and nutrients (mainly nitrogen).
This Management Guide has been designed to assist landholders and increase their capacity to manage and eradicate skeleton weed infestations on their properties and to prevent ... Read more
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Mosaic agriculture: a guide to irrigated crop and forage production in northern WA
Geoff A. Moore Mr, Clinton K. Revell Dr, Christopher Schelfhout Dr, Christopher Ham Mr, and Samuel Crouch Mr
The Bulletin is a comprehensive guide for pastoralists, agronomists, agribusiness and the broader community on the growing of irrigated crops and pastures within a rangeland pastoral setting.
Dispersed irrigation developments on stations throughout the northern rangelands (sometimes referred to as mosaic agriculture) has created opportunities ... Read more
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Skeleton weed in Western Australia Control Program 2021/22
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
The Program now includes:
• Recommendations for control in legume based annual pastures.
• Provision of clopyralid (Lontrel™) herbicide to eligible landholders, to undertake their own spraying of paddocks that are greater than 10% infested (by area), and known as heavily infested paddocks, has been ... Read more
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Skeleton weed in Western Australia: Management Guide
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Skeleton weed is a declared plant which can reduce crop yields by competing for moisture and nutrients (mainly nitrogen).
This Management Guide has been designed to assist landholders and increase their capacity to manage and eradicate skeleton weed infestations on their properties and to prevent ... Read more
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2021 Western Australian Crop Sowing Guide
Brenda Shackley, Blakely Paynter, Jackie Bucat, Georgina Troup, Mark Seymour, and Andrew Blake
This edition of the 2021 Crop Sowing Guide includes the major crops grown in WA - wheat, barley, canola, oat, lupins and pulses. The publication aims to provide information to support growers with decisions on the best choice of variety for each of the major ... Read more
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Chemical weed control in canola
Harmohinder Dhammu, Mark Seymour, Abul Hashem, and Jackie Bucat
Canola is an important break and cash crop in Western Australia. To provide maximum benefit to the following crop, while maximising the yield potential of canola, growers should aim to control weeds as early as possible. There is a wide suite of chemicals available for ... Read more
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Frost identification guide for cereals
Ben Biddulph and Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality. Early identification of symptoms allows timely crop salvage decisions to be made.
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Plant diseases impacting oaten hay production in Australia - a review
Kylie Chambers and Geoff J. Thomas
In Australia, there are a range of fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens that infect oats, impacting on yield and quality of grain and hay crops. The overall impact of these diseases on oaten hay production is not well researched or understood, especially compared to that ... Read more
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2020 Western Australian Crop Sowing Guide
Brenda Shackley
This edition of the 2020 Crop Sowing Guide includes the major crops grown in WA - wheat, barley, canola, oat and now a new section on lupin and pulses. The publication aims to provide information to support growers with decisions on the best choice of ... Read more
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Frost identification guide for canola and pulses
Ben Biddulph and Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality. Early identification of symptoms allows timely crop salvage decisions to be made.
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Snapshot and trends in the production and overseas trade of fruits from Western Australia
Manju Radhakrishnan and Rohan Prince
Western Australia produced 129 046 tonnes of fruit in 2015–16, worth $477 million. This was a 62% increase in the value of the industry in a five-year period, driven by strong growth in sales to eastern states and overseas markets. Production expansion in the fruit ... Read more
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Snapshot and trends in the production and overseas trade of vegetables from Western Australia
Manju Radhakrishnan and Rohan Prince
This publication provides a snapshot and trends in the production and overseas trade of vegetables from Western Australia.
WA’s total vegetable crop reached 328 857 tonnes in 2015–16, worth an estimated $490 million. This was a 33% increase in wholesale value from levels of 2011–12.
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Canola agronomy research in Western Australia
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia; Jackie Bucat; and Andrew Blake
The Tactical Break Crop Agronomy Project and the Achieving Stable and High Canola Yield Across the Rainfall Zones of WA Project were initiatives originating from a Western Panel Spring Tour of the low rainfall zone. The panel was focussed on investing in research and development ... Read more
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Improving subtropical grass pastures on the south coast of Western Australia
Paul Sanford, Ron Master, and Eric Dobbe
This bulletin reports on the findings of a research project funded by DPIRD and MLA that investigated methods to improve legume content and increase production of both kikuyuand panic-based pastures on the south coast of WA.
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Market opportunities for WA fruits
Manju Radhakrishnan
The purpose of this analysis was to identify potential high-value markets for selected WA fruits. The limited size of the domestic market, coupled with slowing population growth, makes a robust increase in export necessary to achieve the aspirational goal of ‘doubling the value of agriculture’ ... Read more
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Bioenergy and carbon farming opportunities in the Pilbara
Robert Sudmeyer, Kim Brooksbank, and David Rogers
The Pilbara region covers 270 000 square kilometres of north-west Western Australia. Its main agricultural land use is pastoralism, with beef cattle grazing native pastures. Currently, only 24km2 is under irrigation, with irrigated fodder the principal crop, but this could expand to 100km2. This expansion ... Read more
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Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western Australia
Robert Anthony Sudmeyer, Alexandra Edward, Vic Fazakerley, Leigh Simpkin, and Ian Foster
This bulletin reviews the latest scientific information relating to climate change and agriculture (broadacre, livestock, horticulture, pastoral industries) in Western Australia.
