Regional and Seasonal content

Tissue culture is the best method for propagating bananas. It ensures they are true to type and free from pests and diseases.

Higher banana plant densities are used in the Ord River Irrigation Area than other growing areas to modify canopy microclimates.

Bananas need a lot of water to grow well. To irrigate the crop efficiently you need to measure soil water content.

In Australia, it is illegal to feed restricted animal material (RAM) to ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats, deer, camels and alpacas). This is known as the 'ruminant feed ban'.

Loopers are a relatively minor pest of potato crops in both Indonesia and Western Australia.

Black cutworm is a relatively minor pest of potatoes and cabbages in Indonesia and Western Australia.

Western Australia is free of most of the significant diseases that affect animals in other parts of the world.

A national livestock standstill is when it is nationally agreed that specific livestock species affected by an emergency disease must not be moved.

The Industrial Hemp Development in Northern Western Australia (WA) project is a 3 year project, funded by Department for Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and AgriFutures, which a