Climate, land & water

Western Australia’s agriculture sector needs access to productive soil and water resources for growth and profit. However, the sector must compete with increasing resource demands from all sectors of the community, and the pressures of a changing climate. The Agriculture and Food division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports agriculture by providing long-term management solutions, practical risk management strategies and tools to maintain and improve resource conditions, to meet the needs of industry and stakeholders. Agriculture and Food is also pioneering soil and water investigation of the state’s undeveloped areas to establish new irrigated agricultural industries.

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  • FlowerPower

    31 January 2012

    FlowerPower is an online tool to predict cereal flowering dates (or cutting dates for oats) in your location.

  • Crop yellowing and raised beds at North Stirling

    Managing waterlogging in crops and pastures in South West Western Australia

    1 February 2011

    Waterlogging causes significant reductions in plant growth in some years and some environments in the high rainfall (greater than 600 mm annual rainfall) areas of South West Western Australia.

  • Waterlogging near Kendenup

    Waterlogging – the science

    9 February 2011

    Waterlogging is a common problem in the agricultural soils of south-west Western Australia in the wetter months of winter.

  • Drip irrigation laid out in a new orchard planting

    Converting Readily Available Water to litres for drip irrigation

    7 November 2013

    Drip irrigation is common in modern orchards. For this method of irrigation it is easier to use litres rather than the more traditional unit of millimetres when describing readily available water i

  • Irrigation at work

    Irrigation design for agriculture

    22 January 2016

    Irrigation design and management affects performance, yield and quality of crops.  Irrigation design determines the efficiency and effectiveness of water use, and therefore influences the profitabi

  • MySoil

    31 January 2012

    MySoil is a simple tool to identify soil types. Growers can use soil identification to improve soil management and reduce the impact of soil constraints.

  • Spreading lime onto spring pasture at South Bodallin.

    Applying lime

    27 November 2013

    If you are deep-ripping, ploughing or spading to remove subsurface compaction or another constraint, it is a good idea to incorporate lime in the same operation.

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    Water salinity and plant irrigation

    8 April 2014

    Irrigating crops with saline water can result in yield loss and decreased quality.

  • Citrus trees have very shallow roots, most in the top 30cm

    Citrus irrigation recommendations in Western Australia

    7 November 2013

    Irrigation is one of the most important factors in producing a good yield of quality citrus.

  • classic symptoms of severe soil compaction pointed out in a loamy sand profile

    Identifying soil compaction

    20 December 2010

    Confident identification of soil compaction to restrict crop or pasture growth uses diagnosis combining visual symptoms of plant, root and soil features.

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