The feed requirements of a ewe with a lamb at foot are higher than if the ewe and lambs are fed separately. In a difficult season with short feed supplies, it is better to early-wean lambs from their mothers to lower feed costs and ensure that the ewes regain condition before joining.
A national livestock standstill is when it is nationally agreed that specific livestock species affected by an emergency disease must not be moved. The livestock species affected by the standstill are named when the standstill is announced.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of Australia’s greatest biosecurity risks.
Australia is free of FMD and an outbreak would severely impact Western Australia's access to livestock and livestock product export markets, worth about $2 billion annually.
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].
The Australian plague locust is a declared pest under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.
Many practices are transferable from a conventional system to an organic system of growing mangoes. The major changes will be in nutrient, weed, flowering, pest and disease and postharvest management.
No synthetic fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides can be used.
Transition to a system of organic mango production will vary according to your situation and current management system.
The underlying principle of organic crop production is "healthy plants grow from healthy soil". It is a whole system approach and, as far as practical, a closed system.
Mangoes have been identified as a promising crop for organic production. They are suitable because of a low nitrogen requirement and relatively low incidence of pests and diseases. There are also opportunities to use established mango industry infrastructure and potential to export.
In the south-west of Western Australia, many types of beetles are found in pastures, broadacre and horticultural crops. As a first step to knowing whether or not a particular insect is a pest, it is necessary to identify it.
