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•    The elusive Dongara weevil damaging canola crops in WA’s Mid West
•    Meet Crop Protection team leader - Helen Spafford

DPIRD is investigating the detection of the exotic pest red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) discovered on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha.

FEED365 is a four-year project (2021–2025) under the SheepLinks program that engages sheep producers and allied industries to re-design livestock forage systems for grazing

In this edition read about recent disease investigations and reportable disease exclusions across Western Australia and the diseases to watch out for this summer. Learn about the WA EAD Veterinary...

The WA livestock disease outlook summarises recent significant disease investigations by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development veterinarians and private veterinarians. Data...

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has the opportunity, throughout the evokeAG.

Not all insects and pathogens are harmful to plants in the garden, many are beneficial and feed on other organisms and prevent them from becoming pests. 

This animal pest alert provides information on the identification, biology, and pest potential of the rusa deer in Western Australia.

This page lists the application for various permits regarding the import, management and control of declared vertebrate pests in Western Australia, as well as the assessment of new or unlisted vert

Identification of livestock is required by law under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 [BAM (IMSA) Regulations].

Across Australia, $100 million will be invested annually in projects to strengthen drought resilience. These projects will:

The Western Australian Government, through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), is working with the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund (FDF) to support re

This page provides photo-standards for cereal and lupin stubble cover for different levels of wind erosion control in the South West Western Australian agricultural area.

Rubber vine, palay rubber vine, India rubber vine (

Feathertop wiregrass (Aristida latifolia) is one of many plant species found in the Western Australian rangelands.

Rangeland surveys in Western Australia provide land managers, advisers and administrators with a baseline inventory of the existence and condition of the area’s resources to assist with planning an

Cotton bush (Ptilotus obovatus) is one of many plant species found in the Western Australian rangelands. This page provides a summary of the plant's value for pastoralism.

This information is a resource for pastoral lessees, station managers and others to help identify plants and assess pasture condition and trend in the Kimberley, Western Australia.

White grass/bundle-bundle pastures are one of the many pasture types in the pastoral rangelands in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Black speargrass pastures are one of the many pasture types in the pastoral rangelands in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

  

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