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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.

Invertebrate pests can cause extensive damage to truffles.

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.

Selling or changing breeding numbers can have a profound impact on the on-going structure of the flock.  It is important to determine the changes to the flock over many years to understand the impa

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.

The national 'Determining yield under frost – one degree at a time' project was a collaborative effort between the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Kalyx, Living F

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.

Wheat is highly susceptible to frost damage between ear emergence and flowering – often termed reproductive frost.

A new guide has been published to assist canola and pulse growers to identify frost damage and consider crop management decisions. Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality.

Frost damage to braocacre crops is a significant annual production constraint for localised parts of the Western Australian wheatbelt.

  

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