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A Manual for raised bed farming in Western Australia

Derk Bakker, David Houlbrooke, Greg Hamilton, and Cliff Spann

This manual provides a complete set of information on the nature, location, occurrence and reasons for waterlogging and how to prevent it. The preventative technology, raised bed farming, is explained in terms of: how and why it works; the practical means of installing and maintaining ... Read more
Feed grain report - current and future demand in Western Australia

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Authors: Martin Barbetti, Pam Burgess, Dave Eksteen, Trevor Lacey, Reg Lance, Peter Metcalfe, Dane Robertson, Greg Shea, Sofia Sipsas, Mark Sweetingham, Graham Walton, Peter White, Anne Wilkins

Markets are rapidly changing and new industries are emerging at a faster rate than previously recorded in history. ... Read more
2005 Crop variety sowing guide for Western Australia

Jenny Garlinge

The Crop Variety Sowing Guide attempts to present all the information that is necessary for you to make the best choice of variety for each of the major crops. As well as varietal characteristics and performance, it contains information on herbicide resistance, disease, agronomic factors, ... Read more
Successful cropping in the high rainfall zone of Western Australia : crop research and extension in the zone

Narelle Hill, Heping Zhang Dr., Tim Trezise, John Young, Natahan Moyes, Laurence Carslake, Neil C. Turner Dr, Walter Anderson, and Michael Poole

This manual is a review of all the relevant and current information relating to cropping systems in the high rainfall cropping zone (HRZ) of Western Australia. It functions partly as the final report summarising research results and extension activities and discusses recommendations and potential outcomes ... Read more
Producing pulses in the northern agricultural region

Peter White, Martin Harries, Mark Seymour, and Pam Burgess

Pulses, like most other temperate crops, are ideally suited to environments with mild temperatures, adequate rainfall and free draining soils that have a deep uniform profile, a medium to fine texture and slightly acid to neutral pH (6.5-7.5). Pulses when grown on these soils and ... Read more
Subsurface acidity

Mike Bolland, Chris Gazey, Amanda Miller, Dave Gartner, and Julie-Anne Roche

Productive agriculture increases the concentration of hydrogen ions in soil, which acidifies the soil.

Aluminium is a component of many soil constituents, including clays and oxides, and is also present on the surfaces of soil organic matter. As the concentration of hydrogen ions in soil ... Read more
Topcrop W.A. state focus 2002-2003 wheat protein

Alison Slade and Jeremy Lemon

The State Focus program is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) in conjunction with TOPCROP to provide grower groups with a new learning concept. The concept was developed in Victoria and has been adopted by South Australia and Western Australia.

Wheat protein ... Read more
Zone management in precision agriculture by matching fertiliser input to crop demand

Daya Patabendige, Mike Wong, and Bill Bowden

Growers in Western Australia who have been yield mapping since the mid 1990s have come to realise that grain yield varies across different zones of their paddocks in any given year, as well as between years depending on the seasonal conditions and crop type. This ... Read more
Successful field pea harvesting

Glen Riethmuller and Ian Pritchard

Many thousands of hectares of field peas are harvested trouble free each year. Growers experience together with recent machinery innovations and modifications have solved the majority of harvesting difficulties. Optimum harvesting conditions are in a crop of uniform density on a level soil surface with ... Read more
Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2002 : time to lime

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

The Soil Acidity Research, Development and Extension Project has produced a summary of the activities, research results and recommendations each year and this book is the last in a series of seven.

The Department of Agriculture Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and CSIRO ... Read more
Organic wheat : a production guide

Steven McCoy

Many people believe that organic agriculture systems can only work in high rainfall regions. However, some of Australia’s most successful organic farmers are the experienced organic wheatbelt growers who produce cereal, pulse and oilseed crops in different regions and soil types across the country.

Wheat ... Read more
Profitable canola production in the northern grainbelt of Western Australia 2001

Paul Carmody and Adrian Cox

Canola is a member of the Brassicaceae family that also includes mustard, turnip, wild radish, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli.

It is a winter growing oilseed that can be produced in most arable areas of Australia where winter crops are currently grown. Originally known as rapeseed ... Read more
Profitable canola production in the great southern and lakes district

Paul Carmody and Ashley Herbert

The Canola industry has rapidly grown with a 10 fold increase in area sown in Western Australia over the four years from 1996-99.

The driving force behind this increase in area can be attributed to the successful adoption of weed control technology in Triazine Tolerant ... Read more
Scott coastal plain a strategy for a sustainable future

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

The Scott Coastal Plain has significant attributes that make it an area of State and regional significance for agricultural production. The climate, availability of good quality groundwater for irrigation, and large lot sizes provide opportunities for mechanised horticultural production which other parts of the State ... Read more
Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2001 : time to lime

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

This book for 2001 again summarises the work being carried out by staff of The Integrated Soil Acidity Research, Development and Extension projects in Western Australia. These projects are based at Agriculture Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and CSIRO.

Several articles in this ... Read more
Bulletin 4446 - Ord Land and Water Management Plan 2000

Agriculture Western Australia and Community of Kununurra

The wise use of the land and water of the Ord has become an imperative driven by increasing awareness of the impacts of current uses on ground water and the on the quality of the Ord River itself.

We have been lucky as a community ... Read more
The Wheat book : principles and practice

W K. Anderson and J R. Garlinge

Contents : Environment / revised by J. Cramb, J. Courtney and P. Tille - The structure and development of the cereal plant / revised by T.L. Setter and G. Carlton - Germination, vegetative and reproductive growth / revised by T.L. Setter and G. Carlton - ... Read more
Bulletin 4406a - Fungal diseases of canola in Western Australia

Martin Barbetti and Ravjit Khangura

GRDC - Grains Research & Development Corporation.

There has been dramatic growth in the canola industry in Western Australia, from 35,000 hectares in 1993 to 920,000 hectares in 1999. Along with this expansion in the area sown the incidence and severity of various fungal diseases ... Read more
Dealing with a dry season

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Farmers' approaches to adverse seasonal conditions whether they be frost, flood or low rainfall should be to acquire as much information as possible on the immediate agronomic and financial situations and make a judgement on the longer term implications for the following seasons. Once the ... Read more
Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2000 : time to lime

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

We have come a long way over the past three or four years in terms of both, the level of understanding and recognition of Soil Acidity as a major land degradation issue for the wheatbelt of Western Australia, and, in our actions to treat the ... Read more
Profitable canola production in the south coastal region 2000

David Eksteen

Why grow canola in the South Coast Region? Canola is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes mustard, turnip, wild radish, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli. It is a winter growing oilseed that can be produced in most arable areas of Australia where winter ... Read more
Pulse and canola frost identification:the back pocket guide

Craig White

This field guide will help you identify the common symptoms of frost damage in pulse and canola crops. It also contains pictures of other plant symptoms often confused with frost damage in these crops.

Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality. Early identification of ... Read more
Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 1999 : time to lime

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

We all know we have to apply lime as part of our farming systems. This means that a huge amount of lime will be applied to soils which have never had lime applied before.

One of the effects of this is that we can now ... Read more
Cereal rust diseases and their management, 1999

Rob Dickie, Rob Loughman, and Jat Bhathal

• Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici) is specific to wheat and triticale. A single pathotype (designated 104-1,2,3,(6),(7),11) has dominated in W.A. since 1990. Wheat leaf rust regularly survives the non-cropping summer in varying quantities, usually sufficient to occur at least to a limited ... Read more
Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 1998 : time to lime

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Recent yield responses by canola where lime has been applied to acidic soils are very encouraging. Two sites have shown that the yield increase in canola after lime was applied in the previous year would have easily paid for the total cost of purchase, transport ... Read more