Regional and Seasonal content

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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.

Adequate supplies of good quality stock water are just as important as feed supplies during summer, a period when feed and water quantity and quality are at their lowest in the agricultural areas o

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) provides the authority for regulations to be made for the erection and maintenance of barrier fences as a means of controlling

The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (known as DRFAWA) commenced as of 1 November 2018 and provide a range of measures designed to help those within disaster affected communities. 

In the third edition of the Wine Industry Newsletter for 2021, West Australian specific topics include a review of Pinot Noir clones, free trunk disease testing for producers, a new snail research...

Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) Euwallacea fornicatus is a beetle native to Southeast Asia. The beetle attacks a wide range of plants by tunnelling into trunks, stems and branches.

1. Comparison of udder and teat traits in merino ewes recorded at lambing
2. Using lupins and the ram effect to improve reproductive performance in Merino ewes in southern Australia
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Western Australia is free of some diseases that are endemic to other areas in Australia.

Extrata® is a new data exchange platform designed to assist WA primary producers to gain actionable insights to boost their operational performance.

A farm’s data from the tractor, header, weather stations and soil moisture probes often sit in various online clouds and can be difficult to access.

Primary producers are gaining an edge by leveraging data to inform decision-making and improve their farm's productivity.

In this 150th edition of the Wine Industry Newsletter articles include a summary of DPIRD's research activities over the vintage, a recap of the Australian Cabernet Sysmposium, a teaser for the...

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

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

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

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

Running a flock of sheep and raising lambs has both direct (enteric fermentation) and indirect (lime, fertiliser, fuel, production of feed) greenhouse gas emissions.

The Lambing Planner is a simple tool that allows you to change a lambing date or a joining date to see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year.

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