Excavated tanks (farm dams) provide effective water storage wherever surface water run-off can be harvested for livestock, crop spraying, irrigation and domestic use on rural properties.
High priority invasive species are defined in the Invasive Species Plan for Western Australia as high risk species that can establish widely, and if so cause the most undesirable impact.
PestFax is an interactive reporting service, providing risk alerts, current information and advice on pests and diseases threatening crops and pastures throughout the grain belt of Western Australi
There is a general perception that pre-fermentative cold maceration or ‘cold soak’ improves colour, enhances fruit characters and provides complexity to red wines.
Private and public food laboratories conduct food testing. This page lists the laboratories known to us, and likely to be able to assist you when required.
Queensland fruit fly is not present in Western Australia, but is occasionally detected and requires an eradication response to contain and prevent further spread.
Skeleton weed (Chondrilla juncea) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA) under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007. The management and control of this pest is the res
Three-horned bedstraw, bedstraw, rough bedstraw, rough fruit corn bedstraw, corn cleavers (Galium tricornutum) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).
This assessment provides information on the hydraulic properties of the palaeochannel and aquifers to the north of the Weaber Plain, and the yields that could be expected from pumping from these aq
Raised beds are a long-term option for waterlogged sites and increasing crop yield on target areas. We recommend that raised beds are part of a whole-farm water and salinity management program.
Hay that contains annual ryegrass may cause annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT). Hay can be tested for ARGT risk. The test provides a risk rating for toxicity.
