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Frost damage to braocacre crops is a significant annual production constraint for localised parts of the Western Australian wheatbelt.

It is illegal to feed meat, meat products and food that has been in contact with meat to pigs in Australia.

Producers in the West Midlands region are reminded to closely monitor sandy soils, as conditions from the 2021 season continue to create groundcover challenges in 2022. 

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides this agri-climate profile of historical and projected climate information to support farm business managers in their response

Many exotic insect pests, not established in Western Australia (WA), are expert stowaways!

Waterlogging in winter in the agricultural areas of Western Australia (WA) reduces crop yields.

Fifteen Internet of Things (IoT) Program projects were conducted across the state in 2020.

High levels of oestrogenic subterranean clovers occur in some medium to high rainfall pastures of Western Australia.

The $580 000 WA Internet of Things (IoT) DecisionAg Grant Program (Program) was completed in 2021 and focused on demonstrating agricultural digital technology (ag-tech) solutions to WA growers and

'Real-time remote on-farm monitoring' is a compilation of case studies about the learning experiences of eight grower groups and five agricultural schools on their journeys to demonstrate on-farm c

Waterlogging causes clay to disperse in sodic soils, leading to soil structure collapse.

The release of the nation’s first Digital Infrastructure Atlas will provide WA enterprises with increased opportunities to improve their telecommunications services.

Shallow relief drains are relatively cheap and easy to construct, and are effective at removing surface water from flooded or ponding land.

Permanent raised beds are a practical and economic means of managing some waterlogged sites in wetter areas of the Western Australian grainbelt.

In this issue:

1. An economic analysis of sheep flock structures for mixed enterprise Australian farm businesses

2. MLA Tedera Demonstration 2020-2023

3. Using scanned fetal...

Snail monitoring using time-lapse cameras show snails move on nights when relative humidity (RH) is above 70% though are most active when RH is above 80%.

No treatment in this trial effectively repelled small conical snails.

No treatment caused significant mortality of conical snails over 21 days when compared to the nil treatment.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development commissioned an investigation to identify areas suitable for intensifying agriculture in the Peel Food Zone investigation area. 

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development conducts a surveillance program for ewe abortion and newborn lamb deaths to assist sheep producers to identify the cause of abortions a

During 2013–2016 a network of 31 soil moisture probes was installed across the grain growing region in WA across several projects managed by DPIRD to enhance the decision-making capacity of grain g

  

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