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Agricultural practices and farming systems produce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. These emissions are mainly in the forms of methane and nitrous oxides.

Calculating carbon emissions in Western Australia's grains industry

•    Lessons learned from 5 years of monitoring diamondback moths and larvae across the five port zones of WALessons learned from 5 years of monitoring diamondback moths and larvae across the five...

Introducing new plants to an area may have both positive and negative effects on the environment, economy and community.

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.

The following information regarding the use and supply of animals for scientific purposes in Western Australia aims to assist institutions, researchers, teachers, members of animal ethics committee

An efficient and innovative plant tissue culture program that produces wheat and barley doubled haploid (DH) lines for Australian plant breeding companies and researchers at DPIRD and other Austral

Ovine brucellosis is a reproductive disease that can affect all breeds of sheep.

The WA Government is investing $15 million into an Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund to help WA farmers and industry to respond to the challenges of climate change.

The care and use of animals in Western Australia are subject to provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2002 (the Act), which provides for the welfare, safety, and health of animals used for

The Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program aims to realise agriculture's potential to sequester carbon, generate carbon credits and grow WA's carbon farming industry.

TuYV symptoms

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV; formerly beet western yellows virus) is transmitted by the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) and can cause yiled and quality losses in canola.

The Third Review (the Review) of the National Gene Technology Scheme (Scheme), endorsed by all Australian governments on 11 October 2018, recommended “clarifying, and where necessary strengthening,

Growers will have an increased awareness of the impact of virus diseases, leading to an increased profitability through the adoption of virus resistant varieties and implementation of virus and ins

The StockedUp e-newsletter is a quarterly publication from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, providing news related to WA’s sheep and cattle industries.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Agribusiness, Food, Trade and Investment team offers a number of funding initiatives to support Western Australian agribusinesses.

The South West Land Division (SWLD) has an equal chance of receiving neutral to below median rainfall for April to June 2024, according to the current model rainfall outlook.

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Australian grain growers will be able to reduce the manageable impact of fungal disease using validated decisions support tools in managing the major diseases of cereal, oilseed and pulse crops.

The aim of this project is to help more growers with ameliorated soils in the medium and high rainfall zones adopt new farming systems techniques to maintain the benefits of soil amelioration, as w

Successful applicants for Round 5 of the WA Agrifood and Beverage Voucher Program were announced on 25 March, 2024. 

  

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