Regional and Seasonal content

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

Diamondback moth is a major pest of cabbage crops in both Indonesia and Western Australia.

Diamondback moth can quickly develop resistance to insecticides. If this occurs, chemical options to control them are reduced.

Six-spotted mite can defoliate avocado trees and grapevines in the lower south-west of Western Australia.

Fertiliser is a major input cost for vegetable growers. Vegetable growers need to gain maximum yield for the fertiliser applied.

Invertebrate pests can cause extensive damage to truffles.

Increasing efficiency of vegetable brassica production is crucial to maintaining competitiveness.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for November 2022 to January 2023, is indicating mostly neutral (40-60%)...

In this issue:

1. Pregnancy scanning increases profit for all flocks and times of lambing

2. Lower Reproductive Rate and Lamb Survival Contribute to Lower Lamb Marking Rate in Maiden...

To make sure that any chemical application doesn’t leave you short on protection or break your withholding periods,  the Flystrike Assist application (mobile app for iOS and Android) has been devel

The Testing Traceability Systems Grant Program will allow Western Australian plant and plant product growers and supply chain participants to test traceability systems to provide valuable insights

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

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) outlook for October to December, 2022 is indicating mostly neutral (40-60%) probability...

This edition of the Wine Industry Newsletter contains articles on the recent detection of Grapevine red blotch virus, regional program activities, the Wine Producers' Committee's vintage summary,...

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The state-of-the-art Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory is located at the collaborative Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) facility at Watermans Bay, Perth. The health laboratory ha

DPIRD’s Hillarys Shellfish Hatchery has been developed to undertake research into shellfish spat production and to supply small commercial quantities of new species to support farming trials and ki

Siphons are a way of passively moving water from areas of higher hydraulic head to areas of lower hydraulic head, through a pipe.

Groundwater pumping can lower local watertables and reduce the spread of local salinity.

  

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