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Wind erosion in Western Australian agriculture is common, especially in years of late and dry growing seasons.

Under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 [BAM (IMSA) regulations], it is mandatory to provide appropriate documentation

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for autumn, March to May 2023, is indicating greater than 60% probability of...

Ehrlichiosis is a disease of dogs that occurs when a brown dog tick infected with the bacteria, Ehrlichia canis (E.

Silt washed into farm dams (excavated earth tanks) reduces storage volume, increases the chance of algal blooms and increases the proportion of water lost to evaporation.

Mixed chenopod shrub plain pastures are a group of the many pasture types in the southern pastoral rangelands of Western Australia. Note that cassias are in the genus Senna.

2019 has been a difficult season for many throughout Western Australia with variable rainfall impacting on production and profitability.

The four regions of Western Australia's south-west land division contribute over $6 billion to the gross value of agriculture production. 

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for February to April 2023, is indicating greater than 60% probability of above...

Managing subsurface water can help to lower watertables and alleviate problems with waterlogging, rising salinity, and infrastructure damage.

Open groundwater drains are excavated channels with sloping floors and sides, designed to intercept and drain surface (usually fresh) and groundwater (usually saline in Western Australia) from agri

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'.

Bluebush pastures are a group of the many pasture types in the southern pastoral rangelands of Western Australia.

This page summarises the Introduction section of the Pasture condition guides for the southern rangelands, including the Gascoyne, Murchison and Goldfields-Nullarbor (the guides).

Western Australia has laws to control chemical use on trade animals. These laws protect people, animals and the environment from harm.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for January to February 2023, is indicating mixed probabilities of above median...

Rainwater run-off from a roof can provide clear, soft and low-salinity water.

Dryland salinity (salinity on non-irrigated land) is one of the greatest environmental threats facing Western Australia's agricultural land, water, biodiversity and infrastructure.

Congratulations to the nineteen grant recipients of Round Two of the International Competitiveness Co-investment Fund (ICCF) – a major grant program of the Department of Primary Industries and Regi

Land conservation district committees (LCDCs) are statutory committees appointed by the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation in Western Australia, to administer land conservation districts in

  

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