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WA Livestock Disease Outlook - for producers - April 2018

8 May 2018

Protect your livestock markets: call a vet when animals are sick. Australia’s ability to sell livestock and livestock products depends on evidence from our surveillance systems...

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WA Livestock Disease Outlook - for vets - April 2018

9 May 2018

Calling a vet to investigate diseases protects markets: The WA Livestock Disease Outlook provides information about recent livestock disease cases in Western Australia...

Canola and lupin TOS trial Eradu August 23 2017

Canola and lupin, comparing varieties by time of sowing in the northern agricultural region, Eradu 2017 trial report

9 January 2018

Lupin yielded 3.0t/ha and canola 2.0t/ha from late May emergence.

Lupin gross margins were competitive with canola, and lupin gave the highest return on investment.

Lupin pods ready for incubator treatments to simulate rainfall on mature plants

Lupin; pre-harvest rain reduces seed quality, Geraldton 2017 trial report

9 January 2018

40% lower germination was measured from seed of plants exposed to wetting and drying at maturity.

Adult Sycamore lace bugs, nymphs and honeydew on the back of a plane leaf

Sycamore lace bug

8 May 2017

The Department of Agriculture and Food received a report via the MyPestGuide Reporter app in April 2017 of an insect which has been identified as Sycamore lace bug Corythucha ciliata. This

Livestock post-mortem techniques workshop

Livestock disease veterinary sampling guide

12 April 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has created the following guide to assist vets to collect appropriate samples during livestock disease investigations.

Seasonal Climate Outlook April 2018

5 April 2018

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Statistical Seasonal Forecast (SSF) system is indicating less than a 40% chance of exceeding median rainfall for April to...

Histopathology sampling guide for livestock

26 March 2018

The following procedure is designed to aid veterinarians when taking histopathology samples for livestock post-mortems.

Potatoes

Potato Industry Assistance Grants (PIAG)

30 November 2017

The Potato Industry Assistance Grants Program has now closed.

Merino ewes and lambs in the paddock.

Managing pregnancy in ewes

25 November 2013

The health and nutrition of the pregnant ewe largely determines how successful lambing is in any given year.

The life cycle of the liver fluke starts when the sheep or cow eat cysts on pasture. The flukes develop and eggs pass out and make their way into streams where the larvae invade a host snail and the next larval stage migrates onto the pasture.

Liver fluke in Western Australia

30 June 2014

The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is a serious parasite of ruminants, which can cause severe damage to the liver and consequently disease, production loss and even death.

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Perth Caravan and Camping Show

20 March 2018

Visitor's to the department's stand at the Perth Caravan and Camping Show will learn about Western Australia's quarantine rules, reporting pests using the MyPestGuideTM Reporter app,...

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Thiamine deficiency induced polioencephomalacia (PEM) of sheep and cattle

28 November 2013

Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is normally produced by bacteria in the rumen of cattle and sheep on well-balanced roughage diets.

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AgMemo - Grains News, February 2018

14 February 2018

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

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Fruit and vegetable diseases

22 January 2014

This web article describes the most common diseases of vegetables in home gardens.

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Botulism in cattle

28 November 2013

Botulism is a rapid onset, usually fatal disease caused by the botulinum toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

Trojan wheat sown into the spray trial, photo taken 27 June 2017.

Weed time of removal trial - Jerramungup

18 January 2018

An opportunistic weed time of removal trial was implemented in Jerramungup following 66mm in February 2017.

Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) on potato roots. Smalls golden or dark brown galls have formed on the roots, which are the cysts containing nematode eggs.

Potato cyst nematode in Western Australia

28 August 2014

Globodera rostochiensis, golden or potato cyst nematode (PCN) and G.

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Trace elements for fresh market potatoes grown on coastal sands

17 September 2014

Plants require trace elements in smaller quantities than macro nutrients but deficiency or toxicity can cause similar losses in yield and quality.

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Fertiliser management for fresh market potatoes grown on coastal sands

18 September 2014

A fertiliser program for potatoes growing in sandy soils must balance environmental risk with maximising returns.

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