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  • Land systems, soils and vegetation of the southern Goldfields and Great Western Woodlands of Western Australia - Volume 1 by Peter-Jon A. Waddell and Paul Galloway

    Land systems, soils and vegetation of the southern Goldfields and Great Western Woodlands of Western Australia - Volume 1

    Peter-Jon A. Waddell and Paul Galloway

    This technical bulletin defines and maps the land resources of the southern Goldfields region of Western Australia (WA). The southern Goldfields region, as featured in this bulletin, covers 151,753 km2. The western and eastern borders are variable because they align with various cadastral boundaries. The ... Read more

  • Land systems, soils and vegetation of the southern Goldfields and Great Western Woodlands of Western Australia - Volume 2 by Peter-Jon A. Waddell and Paul Galloway

    Land systems, soils and vegetation of the southern Goldfields and Great Western Woodlands of Western Australia - Volume 2

    Peter-Jon A. Waddell and Paul Galloway

    This technical bulletin defines and maps the land resources of the southern Goldfields region of Western Australia (WA). The southern Goldfields region, as featured in this bulletin, covers 151,753 km2. The western and eastern borders are variable because they align with various cadastral boundaries. The ... Read more

  • Pasture condition guides for the southern rangelands, including the Gascoyne, Murchison and Goldfields-Nullarbor by Peter-Jon A. Waddell, Philip WE Thomas, Wayne J. Fletcher, Kath Ryan, Joshua E. Foster, John K. Stretch, and Jim S. Addison

    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

  • Environmental weed risk assessment protocol for growing non-indigenous plants in the Western Australian rangelands by Geoff A. Moore Mr, Christine Munday Ms, and Papori Barua Dr

    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

  • Geology, soils and climate of Western Australia's wine regions by Peter J. Tille, Angela Stuart-Street, and Peter S. Gardiner

    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

  • Mosaic agriculture: a guide to irrigated crop and forage production in northern WA by Geoff A. Moore Mr, Clinton K. Revell Dr, Christopher Schelfhout Dr, Christopher Ham Mr, Samuel Crouch Mr, and Meredith M. Guthrie

    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, Samuel Crouch Mr, and Meredith M. Guthrie

    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

  • Renewable chemicals and bioproducts: a potential for agricultural diversification and economic development by Henry Brockman

    Renewable chemicals and bioproducts: a potential for agricultural diversification and economic development

    Henry Brockman

    Renewable chemicals are a new category of novel products: building blocks and ingredients for the production of chemicals produced from renewable feedstock and sustainable advanced manufacturing processes, leaving a smaller environmental footprint than traditional petrochemicals. Biologically based products are mainly non-food products derived from biomass.

    ... Read more

  • Comparative assessment of crops to use potential additional water resources in the Warren–Donnelly catchments by James Dee and Ananda Ghose

    Comparative assessment of crops to use potential additional water resources in the Warren–Donnelly catchments

    James Dee and Ananda Ghose

    Through the Royalties for Regions funded Southern Forests Water Futures Project, the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia undertook a study to understand the economic benefits of developing new water resources in the Warren–Donnelly catchments in the south-west of Western Australia.

    The Warren–Donnelly catchments ... Read more

  • Climate in the Pilbara by Robert Sudmeyer

    Climate in the Pilbara

    Robert Sudmeyer

    The Pilbara is characterised by very hot summers, mild winters and low and variable rainfall. It is classified as hot desert in northern and inland areas and hot grasslands in the north-west. The Pilbara claims a number of climate records:

    • seven of Western Australia’s ... Read more

  • Climate-ready agriculture: a situation statement for Western Australia by Robert Anthony Sudmeyer, Anne Bennett, and Melanie Strawbridge

    Climate-ready agriculture: a situation statement for Western Australia

    Robert Anthony Sudmeyer, Anne Bennett, and Melanie Strawbridge

    Projected future changes in the state’s climate will present new challenges for our producers. The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) continues to work with agricultural industries to lay solid foundations for an agricultural sector that has a range of response options.

    This ... Read more

  • Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western Australia by Robert Anthony Sudmeyer, Alexandra Edward, Vic Fazakerley, Leigh Simpkin, and Ian Foster

    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.

  • Bioenergy and carbon farming opportunities in the Pilbara by Robert Sudmeyer, Kim Brooksbank, and David Rogers

    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

  • Biomass scoping study: opportunities for agriculture in Western Australia by Kim Brooksbank, Mitchell Lever, Harriet Paterson, and Melissa Weybury

    Biomass scoping study: opportunities for agriculture in Western Australia

    Kim Brooksbank, Mitchell Lever, Harriet Paterson, and Melissa Weybury

    This 2014 report aims to provide a summary of national and international activity in the use of agricultural by-products for the production of bioenergy and biofuels. The summary is primarily an internal report for the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA), but will ... Read more

  • Soil acidity : a guide for WA farmers and consultants. by Chris Gazey, Stephen Davies, and Ron Master

    Soil acidity : a guide for WA farmers and consultants.

    Chris Gazey, Stephen Davies, and Ron Master

    Our first edition of Soil acidity: a guide for WA farmers and consultants in 2009 was a significant publication which brought together current knowledge on the management of soil acidity in WA in a user-friendly book. Three thousand printed copies were distributed and an interactive ... Read more

  • The agronomy jigsaw: Finding the pieces that maximise water use efficiency by David Hall; Paul Galloway; Jeremy Lemon; Ben Curtis; Andrew van Burgel; Kelly Kong; and Nigel Metz,

    The agronomy jigsaw: Finding the pieces that maximise water use efficiency

    David Hall; Paul Galloway; Jeremy Lemon; Ben Curtis; Andrew van Burgel; Kelly Kong; and Nigel Metz,

    The Agronomy Jigsaw project is an initiative of the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) in collaboration with the South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA) and Precision Agronomics Australia (PAA). The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) funded the project under the ... Read more

  • Carbon farming in relation to Western Australian agriculture by Robert Sudmeyer, Jackson Parker, Tanmoy Nath, and Ananda Ghose

    Carbon farming in relation to Western Australian agriculture

    Robert Sudmeyer, Jackson Parker, Tanmoy Nath, and Ananda Ghose

    Carbon farming activities need to return multiple economic and environmental co-benefits to be attractive to land managers. This bulletin summarises concepts underlying carbon farming, how Australia accounts for greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for Western Australian land managers to participate in, and benefit from, ... Read more

  • Establishment guide for sub-tropical grasses : key steps to success by Geoff Allan Moore, Ronald J. Yates, Phil Barrett-Lennard, Phil Nichols, Brad Wintle, John Titterington, and Chris Loo

    Establishment guide for sub-tropical grasses : key steps to success

    Geoff Allan Moore, Ronald J. Yates, Phil Barrett-Lennard, Phil Nichols, Brad Wintle, John Titterington, and Chris Loo

    Sub-tropical perennial grasses are now widely sown in the Northern Agricultural region (NAR) and on the south coast of Western Australia (WA). Since 2000, more than 50 000 ha have been sown to perennial grasses in the NAR and about 150 000 ha on the ... Read more

  • Pasture condition guide for the Kimberley by Kathryn Ryan, Elizabeth Tierney, Paul Novelly, and Robert McCartney

    Pasture condition guide for the Kimberley

    Kathryn Ryan, Elizabeth Tierney, Paul Novelly, and Robert McCartney

    This interactive guide has been produced as a tool for assessing pasture condition over a range of pasture types in the Kimberley. A pasture type is a distinctive mix of plant species, soil type and landscape position. For example, the Mitchell Grass Alluvial Plain Pasture ... Read more

  • Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by Meredith Fairbanks, David Bowran, and Geraldine Pasqual

    Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

    Meredith Fairbanks, David Bowran, and Geraldine Pasqual

    Agriculture contributes 15.5 per cent of Australia’s emissions (Figure 1), largely due to methane, from ruminant livestock digestion, nitrous oxide from soils and carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use (Australian National Greenhouse Accounts 2011; ABARES 2011).

    This bulletin identifies current ways to reduce greenhouse gas ... Read more

  • Greener pastures 7 - A fresh look at nutrient losses from intensively managed pastures by Don Bennett, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, Richard Morris, Mike Bolland, and John Lucey

    Greener pastures 7 - A fresh look at nutrient losses from intensively managed pastures

    Don Bennett, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, Richard Morris, Mike Bolland, and John Lucey

    Dairy farmers in Western Australia have a long history of being concerned for the environment in which they live and work, from early involvement with Landcare District Committees through to participating in the various programs run in DairyCatch.

    They have planted trees, organised soil testing ... Read more

  • Greener pastures 3 - Managing phosphorus in dairy pastures by Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    Greener pastures 3 - Managing phosphorus in dairy pastures

    Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    Between 1999 and 2009, soil testing was conducted in 48 dairy paddocks at Vasse Research Centre (VRC) in the south-west of Western Australia (WA). This study will be referred to as the VRC soil test study.

    Phosphorus experiments were undertaken on partner farms of the ... Read more

  • Greener pastures 4 - Managing potassium in dairy pastures by Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    Greener pastures 4 - Managing potassium in dairy pastures

    Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    We undertook three studies into the potassium requirements of high rainfall pastures: 1. Between 1999 and 2009, soil testing was conducted in 48 dairy paddocks at Vasse Research Centre (VRC) in the south-west of Western Australia (WA). This study will be referred to as the ... Read more

  • Greener pastures 5 - Managing sulphur in dairy pastures by Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    Greener pastures 5 - Managing sulphur in dairy pastures

    Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, and Richard Morris

    During 1999-2009, soil testing for sulfur (S) was undertaken on 48 paddocks at the Vasse Research Centre (VRC) at Busselton, in the south-west of Western Australia (WA).

    Paddocks had been grazed intensively by dairy cows and their young stock over a period of 10 years, ... Read more

  • Greener pastures 6 - Managing soil acidity in dairy pastures by Mike Bolland, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, Richard Morris, John Lucey, and D L. Bennett

    Greener pastures 6 - Managing soil acidity in dairy pastures

    Mike Bolland, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, Richard Morris, John Lucey, and D L. Bennett

    During 1999-2009, soil testing for pH (in CaCl2) was used to determine lime application for 48 paddocks at the Vasse Research Centre at Busselton, in the south-west of Western Australia (WA).

    Paddocks had been grazed intensively by dairy cows and their young stock over a ... Read more

  • Changing climate, changing business practices : lessons from innovative growers by David Gray, Nicole Baxter, Meredith Fairbanks, and Geraldine Pasqual

    Changing climate, changing business practices : lessons from innovative growers

    David Gray, Nicole Baxter, Meredith Fairbanks, and Geraldine Pasqual

    Climate change and increasing seasonal variability are challenging the production efforts of growers in lower rainfall environments of the Western Australian grain belt. Significantly less rainfall than the long-term average has fallen across southwest Western Australia during the past 30 years.

    Seasonal rainfall has also ... Read more

 
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DPIRD acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country, the Aboriginal people of the many lands that we work on and their language groups throughout Western Australia and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters.

We respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of our regions and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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