Bulletin 4329 - Environmental hazards of farming in Western Australia

Authors

Greg Hamilton, Agriculture Western Australia
Ian Foster, Agriculture Western Australia
Philip M. Goulding, Agriculture Western Australia

Files

Publication Date

8-1996

Series Number

4329

Abstract

This Bulletin is one of a series on crop establishment practices which minimise soil disturbance and improve stubble retention. In partnership with primary producers, Agriculture Western Australia 1s focussed on improved and profitable farming which conserves or improves the quality of the State's soil resources.

Agricultural land in Western Australia is naturally fragile and susceptible to degradation. Salinity and wind erosion are the most visible and significant forms of degradation, but all forms are present over large areas of agricultural land (House of Representatives Enquiry into Land Degradation in Western Australia, 1988).

The fragility of Western Australia's soils has been a substantial incentive for farmers to help develop and adopt conservative tillage or no-tillage practices to establish their crops.

This Bulletin briefly illustrates the interactions between climate and soil type, which create the soil and land degradation hazards that confront today's farmers

Number of Pages

7

ISSN

1326-415

Publisher

Agriculture Western Australia

City

Perth

Keywords

Climate, Soil types, Salinity, Erosion, Farming, Environmental issues, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Hydrology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science | Water Resource Management

Comments

Agdex 570

Crop establishment series

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, G, Foster, I, and Goulding, P M. (1996), Bulletin 4329 - Environmental hazards of farming in Western Australia. Agriculture Western Australia, Perth. Bulletin 4329.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/340

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