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When selecting a wheat variety to implement in a farming system, it is important to be aware of the variety's disease package to plan management options. The disease resistance ratings for wheat va

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for November 2022 to January 2023, is indicating mostly neutral (40-60%)...

The DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services (DDLS) encompasses the DPIRD plant and animal laboratories (including aquatics).

Phomopsis can be a risk when grazing lupin stubble
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Lesser broomrape is the species Orobanche minor. It is an increasingly common weed of pasture and occasionally oat and hay crops. It is also a common garden weed.

The definitive grain variety guide to assist Western Australian growers make informed crop selection decisions and optimise production and profitability is now available.

The second vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon wines made from a trial of vine clones and selections was bottled in the South West recently, opening the door to more high performance grape varieties and

The crop sowing guide for Western Australia is a one stop shop for variety information on all the major crops grown in Western Australia.

The Commonwealth Government's Horticulture Netting Infrastructure Program in now fully committed. 

Expressions of interest are invited from farmers and pastoralists throughout the State to host a National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) training workshop to help reinforce the State’s bios

Yungngora Association Incorporated (YAI) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to 11 charges of animal cruelty under the State’s Animal Welfare Act.

The 2022 summer search campaign for one of the State’s most significant plant pests, skeleton weed, is underway across the Grainbelt.

Bitter rot (Greeneria uvicola) is a grape disease named for the bitter taste of the infected fruit. The unpleasant flavour carries over into wine made from diseased fruit.

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Bacterial wilt of lucerne (Clavibacter insidiosus) is a disease that reduces the lifespan and productivity of lucerne stands. It also makes lucerne crops hard to establish.

Numbers of slugs and snails have increased in broadacre cropping in Western Australia with the use of minimum tillage and stubble-retention practices.

Herbicides play a vital role in integrated weed management programs.

Weed Seed Wizard is a computer simulation tool that helps you to understand and manage weed seedbanks in crops across Australia.

The Weed Seed Wizard is a computer simulation tool that uses paddock management information to predict weed emergence and crop losses.

  

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