Understanding the potential of irrigated agriculture in the Pilbara is a step closer, as results from a remote irrigation trial were shared with a crowd of enthusiastic attendees from the region.
The Department of Agriculture and Food’s 103rd annual Merredin Research Facility field day on 21 September will highlight a selection of field trials and discussions that reflect the...
The Department of Agriculture and Food’s 103rd annual Merredin Research Facility field day on 21 September will highlight a selection of field trials and discussions that reflect the theme: Pushing
A combined effort by biosecurity officers, local businesses and even specially-trained detector dogs has successfully stamped out an exotic pest ant at Perth Airport.
The Department of Agriculture and Food has begun surveying for Australian Plague Locusts in the central wheatbelt and is reminding farmers to check paddocks for activity.
This page describes the characteristics of a good potting mix and outlines some of the common ingredients, as well as detailing simple tests for aeration and water-holding capacity.
A new short season oat variety has been released, which has the potential to open up areas of oat grain production in the medium to low rainfall regions of the State.
Livestock producers in the Great Southern and South West are reminded to act quickly to take part in a soil testing program to reduce nutrient loss off farm and optimise fertiliser use.
The use of sorghum and lupins as the base for nutritious infant formula is a business idea that scholarship recipient Carina Rudman will examine as part of this week’s Curtin Ignition Program.
The next Future Orchards® walks will cover chemical thinning and the latest on the apple and pear industry’s Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS) program.
In 2015 powdery mildew reached damaging levels in several regions. With the green bridge leading into the 2016 season, the disease could have significant impacts.
Almost 400 technical reports on land and water resources throughout the State are now available online thanks to work being completed by the Department of Agriculture and Food.
New wheat varieties that can be sown deep to chase sub-soil moisture in years when there is a dry start to the season are being pursued by a research collaboration across the nation.
