Season 2024: information for WA farmers

Page last updated: Tuesday, 26 March 2024 - 3:59pm

The Season 2024 webpage contains seasonally relevant information and management options in the broadacre and south-west agricultural areas along with the Southern Rangelands of Western Australia.

Latest updates and advice

Seasonal management

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Livestock

Animal health and welfare 

Crops 

Soil 

Soil erosion risk is high in areas with low groundcover from poor crops impacted by a very dry growing season. Managing existing groundcover is important to prevent wind erosion over summer and autumn.

Water

Farm water supplies are inadequate in a few areas of the south-west and wheatbelt, particularly around Grass Patch and Salmon Gums which have been declared water deficient. It is important to plan for and invest in reliable on-farm water supplies. 

Fire season

The fire season began early due to dry, warm conditions. Visit Department of Fire and Emergency Services’- Prepare Warnings & Incidents, Recovery for resources on preparing for a fire. Refer to Farm recovery after fire if your property has been affected by fire.

Climate situation and outlook

Rainfall outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology for April to June 2024 has shifted to drier than normal for much of WA. See seasonal outlook video for more details. 

WA’s rural support services

Information on support services is available to assist rural people of WA in stressful situations on the WA's rural support services webpage and directory, including Regional Men’s Health Initiative, Rural Aid and the Rural West financial counselling service.

Some grants, funding and support programs may be available depending on your circumstances, check out this guided search to see what is available across government.

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Contacts

Region

Contact

Great Southern

Kelly Hill

Esperance

Brendan Nicholas

Wheatbelt

Juana Paynter

Mid West

Christine Zaicou-Kunesch

Contact information

Kelly Hill
+61 (0)8 9892 8507
Brendan Nicholas
+61 (0)8 9083 1110
Juana Paynter