Climate, land & water

Western Australia’s agriculture sector needs access to productive soil and water resources for growth and profit. However, the sector must compete with increasing resource demands from all sectors of the community, and the pressures of a changing climate. The Agriculture and Food division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports agriculture by providing long-term management solutions, practical risk management strategies and tools to maintain and improve resource conditions, to meet the needs of industry and stakeholders. Agriculture and Food is also pioneering soil and water investigation of the state’s undeveloped areas to establish new irrigated agricultural industries.

Articles

Saltland pastures in Western Australia

29 November 2018

Saltland pastures are associations of salt- and waterlogging-tolerant plants that produce fodder for grazing animals from saline and waterlogged soils.
Managing sheep in a dry spring: for agribusiness professionals

4 August 2017

Managing sheep in dry spring: for agribusiness professionals event was held in Kojonup, Geraldton and Perth in 2017.
Dry season resources

14 June 2017

Western Australian agriculture experiences variability in its winter growing season (May–October): late starts, early finishes and 'dry seasons' with rainfall low enough to cause serious plant and
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Pilbara region, Western Australia

11 November 2013

The Pilbara region rangelands were surveyed between 1995 and 1999.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey in part of the Broome Shire

15 October 2013

The rangelands in part of the Broome Shire in Western Australia were surveyed between 1989 and 1990.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Nullarbor region, Western Australia

22 October 2013

The Western Australian part of the Nullarbor region was surveyed between 2005 and 2007. The report provides land managers, advisers and administrators with a baseline record of the natural resource
Pasture condition guide for the Kimberley, Western Australia

27 March 2014

This pasture condition guide can be used from the web pages or by downloading the attached documents.
Monitoring rangeland condition

4 November 2013

There are many benefits from monitoring and assessing pastoral rangeland condition, and monitoring can be done at several levels to meet the needs of rangeland managers, researchers and government
Climate change and the pastoral industry

5 April 2016

Climate change will affect each pastoral region in different ways.
Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Sandstone – Yalgoo – Paynes Find area, Western Australia

12 November 2013

The Sandstone – Yalgoo – Paynes Find area rangelands were surveyed between 1992 and 1993.