Regional and Seasonal content

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• Swathing and spraying canola
• Crop Topping
• Timing of wild radish for in-crop seedset control
• Ergot
• Control of ergot in crops with pre-harvest desiccants
• Green...

To be productive a perennial grass pasture requires a companion legume to improve the feed quality over the winter growing season and provide the nitrogen input to drive productivity.

This edition includes articles on the results of the 2016 Lamb Survival Initiative, the potential for dual energy x-ray absorptiometry to predict lamb age, predicting lamb composition from carcase...

Oats more competitive than wheat and barley
It is now legal to use Trifluralin in oats
Are oats susceptible to root lesion nematodes?
Oats are susceptible to a number of leaf...

The WA Livestock Disease Outlook provides information about recent livestock disease cases in Western Australia as well as diseases likely to occur in the next month. Australia’s ability...

The WA Livestock Disease Outlook provides information about recent livestock disease cases in Western Australia as well as diseases likely to occur in the next month. Australia’s ability...

In this edition of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Northern Beef Futures newsletter, read about our seed grant funding for infrastructure project updates, grants to...

The adoption of genetic technologies activity is part of the Sheep Industry Business Innovation project and is currently providing a range of tools that will help sheep producers introduce genetic

A snapshot of some of the latest news and seasonal advice from the department for Western Australian farm businesses in the horticulture sector.

A snapshot of some of the latest news and seasonal advice from the department for Western Australian farm businesses in the grains sector.

Sclerotinia stem rot
What is it?
Life cycle of sclerotinia and how to assess disease risk
Diagnosing sclerotinia stem rot in canola
Sclerote germination experiments
...

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) system is indicating below median rainfall for the majority of the South-West Land...

Wednesday
20th
Sep 2017
7 September 2017

Merredin & Districts Farm Improvement Group have partnered with Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development (DPIRD) to bring you this Spring Research Event 'Wrestling 2017 and...

Tuesday
19th
Sep 2017
6 September 2017

You are invited to a field day in Northampton hosted by DPIRD, Northern Agri Group and Mulga Springs Poll Merino Stud. 

Wednesday
25th
Oct 2017
31 August 2017

‘Succession: A business strategy’ is best suited to graduates of the Pilot of Drought Reform program or the Plan, Prepare, Prosper programs. Businesses with a current strategic/business plan and...

Wednesday
06th
Sep 2017
25 August 2017

Come along to the Department's Northern Beef Futures, Mosaic Agriculture field walk and learn all about the exciting research being carried out at the Water Corporation site in North Broome.

Promoting your small business is essential.

Good marketing happens when a business knows its brand, unique selling proposition and target market.

Business planning doesn’t have to be an arduous, drawn out task — it can be a simple, straightforward process that has the potential to turn your enterprise into a more profitable success.

There are many different grazing methods used to improve productivity, maintain desirable pasture species and reduce land degradation.

  

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