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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.

South West cattle producers and small landholders are being affected by an extended dry season where available annual pasture and feed reserves are being depleted.

This prediction is based on output from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) blackleg sporacle model.

The DPIRD blackleg forecast model predicts the dates of spore maturation on canola stubble. Spore showers will commence soon after the spores are mature in the fruiting bodies.

Adequate supplies of good quality stock water are just as important as feed supplies during summer, a period when feed and water quantity and quality are at their lowest in the agricultural areas o

In accordance with the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Declared Pest Account) Regulations 2014, the Minister for Agriculture and Food carries out consultation on Declared Pest Rates (DPR),

This industry event is dedicated to ESG, food waste and sustainable packaging innovations—supporting the WA food and beverage sector’s transition to a circular economy. 

Western Australian Agrifood Export eNews is a weekly e-newsletter from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development which provides up-to-date news related to agrifood and fisheries

The adoption of mandatory electronic identification (eID) for sheep and goats is a way of improving traceability pra

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) provides this information to help people in the rural areas of Western Australia find the support and assistance they need to d

Applications for the Feasibility stream are open and close 30 June 2025.

What is on offer?

Applications for Capital Investment stream are open. Stage One closes 3 May 2024

What is on offer:

Applications for the Feasibility stream are open and close 30 June 2025.

Applications for Capital stream are open. Stage One closes 3 May 2024.

The Western Australian Government is supporting the welfare of companion animals and wildlife through grants for not-for-profit activities that foster and rehome pets, rehabilitate wildlife, and pr

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) provides the authority for regulations to be made for the erection and maintenance of barrier fences as a means of controlling

Permits are required for landholders to possess and use registered S7 pesticides such as 1080, PAPP or strychnine products for vertebrate animal control on leasehold or freehold land.

The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (known as DRFAWA) commenced as of 1 November 2018 and provide a range of measures designed to help those within disaster affected communities. 

Former department staff members are eligible to join the Agriculture Western Australia Ex-employees Association for a nominal lifetime fee.

In the third edition of the Wine Industry Newsletter for 2021, West Australian specific topics include a review of Pinot Noir clones, free trunk disease testing for producers, a new snail research...

Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) Euwallacea fornicatus is a beetle native to Southeast Asia. The beetle attacks a wide range of plants by tunnelling into trunks, stems and branches.

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