Wind erosion in Western Australian agriculture is common, especially in years of late and dry growing seasons. This page describes some of the indicators and conditions of a high risk (likelihood and impact) of soil erosion caused by wind.
Pig owners play a vital role in maintaining Western Australia's high animal health status and reputation as a producer of quality livestock and livestock products.
Australia is free of many infectious horse diseases, saving owners costly disease control. The occurrence of an emergency horse disease could severely restrict horse movements, racing and other competitions and cost millions of dollars in lost business and disease control.
Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by an influenza virus.
Managing good nutrition of sheep in the Mediterranean climate of south-west Western Australia requires constant monitoring and planning. Sheep productivity, health and welfare can be held at acceptable levels if feed and water supply matches demand.
Sheep farmers can save money and time eradicating new lice infestations by taking simple biosecurity measures that become part of normal management programs. Measures include careful planning, regularly checking stock for lice, stock-proof fencing and other preventative strategies.
Western Australia has a mandatory livestock ownership, identification and movement system.
Maintaining the quality of grain that has been grown is all about the correct and timely harvesting of the grain and its management and storage once removed from the paddock.
Western Australia has a relatively disease-free status compared with the rest of the world. Good biosecurity practices minimise the potential for introducing disease into your sheep flock and reduce the chance of disease spreading within your flock or to other flocks.
The National Arbovirus Monitoring Program (NAMP) monitors the distribution of economically important insect-borne viruses of livestock and their vectors. NAMP specifically monitors bluetongue virus, Akabane and bovine ephemeral fever.
