Registrations are now open for the Department of Agriculture and Food’s free fertiliser demonstration days to be held throughout the South-West and Great Southern next month.
The Department of Agriculture and Food is reminding pastoralists in the Kimberley to check for rattlepod plants that can cause ‘walkabout disease’ in horses.
Sheep producers are encouraged to test drench resistance on their lambs following severe worm problems experienced in Western Australia after early autumn rains.
Growers interested in establishing the hard-seeded serradella variety Margurita should consider summer sowing of pods to take advantage of an innovative new technique developed by Department of Agr
Department of Agriculture and Food inspectors will continue to monitor saleyards, abattoirs and export depots in 2014 to ensure animal welfare and traceability compliance, recently completing train
Various insects, nematodes and mite pests can damage tomato crops in the home garden and nematodes, russet mites and budworms can be especially destructive. The plants can be damaged at all stages
Landholders throughout Western Australia are being asked to keep an eye out for dead or diseased rabbits and report them to the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Citrus ‘whiteflies’ or ‘snow flies’ (Aleyrodidae) resemble small, white moths, but actually belong to a group (Hemiptera) closely related to lerp insects, aphids and scales.
Dairy research officer with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Bronwyn Edmunds has been announced as one of six finalists in a national communication award for young scientists.
As farm businesses prepare for budget planning in 2014, operators can access the latest information on Farm Management Deposits (FMDs) from the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Landholders, residents and agriculture industry groups are invited to attend a public workshop on the management of declared pests in the Peel Harvey region.
The Department of Agriculture and Food has commenced a new Producer Demonstration Site in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, jointly funded with Meat and Livestock Australia.
Scientists are on the attack against rice blast, the international fungal disease that stopped the rice industry in its tracks in northern Western Australia three years ago.
