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'Regional Research Agronomy' is the abbreviated working title for the 'Building crop protection and crop production agronomy research and development capacity in regional Western Australia' project

In this issue:

1. The WA NLIS Sheep and Goat Advisory Group – 12 months on
2. Abortion and lamb mortality between pregnancy scanning and marking for maiden ewes
3. 2021 and 2022...

The Crop Sowing Guide for Western Australia is a one stop shop for variety information on all the major crops grown in WA.

In this issue:

1. Inheritance of breech strike, neck wrinkles, dags and breech cover over the lifetime of crutched Merino ewes in a Mediterranean environment

2. Tools to reduce the...

Thrips are a relatively minor pest of potato crops in both Indonesia and Western Australia.

Black cutworm is a relatively minor pest of potatoes and cabbages in Indonesia and Western Australia.

Six-spotted mite can defoliate avocado trees and grapevines in the lower south-west of Western Australia.

The crop sowing guide for Western Australia is a one stop shop for variety information on all the major crops grown in Western Australia.

In this issue:

1. Pregnancy scanning increases profit for all flocks and times of lambing

2. Lower Reproductive Rate and Lamb Survival Contribute to Lower Lamb Marking Rate in Maiden...

The Testing Traceability Systems Grant Program will allow Western Australian plant and plant product growers and supply chain participants to test traceability systems to provide valuable insights

Western Australia is free of most of the significant diseases that affect animals in other parts of the world.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of Australia’s greatest biosecurity risks.

The department is a key partner in the Grains Research and Development Corporations' (GRDC) National Frost Initiative (NFI) which aims to provide the Australian grains industry with targeted resear

These pages have been produced as an online user manual for iLime, outlining specific features of the app and how to use them.

A national livestock standstill is when it is nationally agreed that specific livestock species affected by an emergency disease must not be moved.

Frost risk occurs virtually every year across southern and eastern agricultural regions. Actual occurrence of frost is determined by location and landscape factors as well as climate.

It is illegal to feed meat, meat products and food that has been in contact with meat to pigs in Australia.

Producers in the West Midlands region are reminded to closely monitor sandy soils, as conditions from the 2021 season continue to create groundcover challenges in 2022. 

Many exotic insect pests, not established in Western Australia (WA), are expert stowaways!

Fifteen Internet of Things (IoT) Program projects were conducted across the state in 2020.

  

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