DPIRD's Carbon Farming team presents workshops, information sessions and one-on-one meetings for farmers and other landowners interested in learning more about carbon farming and the WA Carbon Farm
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Agribusiness Development team works with industry, primary producers and regulators to create a conducive agribusiness environment.
Western Australia has once again been declared free of the destructive pest, Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) after a successful eradication response in the Bayswater area.
Soil innovation drives increases in crop yield Progress in Canola Sclerotinia management research DPIRD research addresses trade-off between emissions and profitability DPIRD...
Industry Funding Schemes enable agricultural industries to raise funds for programs targeting biosecurity priorities. This page provides links to reports relating to the Industry Funding Schemes.
TheLambing Planner is a simple tool that allows you to change a lambing date or a joining date to see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year.
Following the fatal shark attack near Cull Island in Esperance, the Department initiated work to identify popular surf beaches that would benefit from enhanced mobile coverage which would assist fi
There are several key principles that must be considered when constructing a new, or expanding an existing, meat chicken operation in Western Australia
Nearly all biofuel systems (mainly biodiesel and bioethanol) produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels (diesel and petrol derived from fossil oil).
A statutory review of the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) has been completed. The review was conducted by an independent 6-member panel to support independence an
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) produces annual pastoral rangeland condition reports, based on data and information collected and assessed by officers of the d
Annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT) is a potentially fatal poisoning of livestock after consumption of annual ryegrass infected by the bacterium Rathayibacter toxicus (formerly known as Cl
These case studies from the first 2 rounds of the Carbon Farming Land Restoration Program (CF-LRP) demonstrate how landholders can develop viable Carbon Farming projects in the South West Land Divi
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) network of automatic weather stations and radars throughout the state provide timely, relevant and local weather data to assi
