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The Department of Agriculture and Food has congratulated Margaret River local Jackie Jarvis who was the runner up for the national Rural Women’s Award.

Visitors will be encouraged to ‘buy local’ in the Farm 2 Food pavilion presented by the Department of Agriculture and Food at this year’s IGA Perth Royal Show.

A Department of Agriculture and Food survey will help develop a new approach towards unmanaged goats in Western Australia.

Preliminary frost research on cereals is underway to better understand how farm management practices influence this potentially devastating weather event.

Grain crop and pasture research by the Department of Agriculture and Food will be presented at the Southern DIRT field day to be held on Wednesday 24 September in Kojonup.

Barley growers sowing two new malting varieties aimed at the premium malting market will have to consider their nitrogen applications carefully, new research by the Department of Agriculture and Fo

The Department of Agriculture and Food will provide a local snapshot of research investigating links between crop rotation and damaging nematodes at the ASHEEP field days in Esperance on 24 and 25

A phone survey targeting Western Australian grain growers aims to build a clearer picture of farmers’ attitudes towards different break crops including canola, lupins, pulses and oats.  

A normal to above normal rainfall outlook for the next two months has been issued by the Department of Agriculture and Food for most of the south west of the State, with some regional variation.

The Department of Agriculture and Food has released seven new videos designed to support producers in establishing and integrating perennial pastures into their farming systems.

With spring now here, sheep producers are urged to check their flocks for any signs of lameness and to have lame sheep tested for footrot.

Oat growers are invited to hear about a new Department of Agriculture and Food oats agronomy research project at a field walk to be held at Holt Rock on Thursday 18 September.

Labour and skills shortages affecting the Western Australian agrifood sector are expected to be helped by a new project.

Growers and agronomists will have the chance to discuss current seasonal issues at the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Katanning Research Facility field day next month.

Sheep breeding specialists from the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) have shared their expertise with two visiting technicians from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture at Cape Town

Providing information to guide resource investment decisions is the basis for a new report produced by the Department of Agriculture and Food.

The 101st Merredin Research Facility field day will feature an impressive mix of trial work undertaken by the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) and its partners in 2014. 

Targeted grains research, development and extension will be shared at a field day to support the productivity, profitability and sustainability of growers in the Esperance region.

Canola growers are set to benefit from a wealth of information to be generated from a phenology trial by the Department of Agriculture and Food.

Thursday
25th
Sep 2014
5 September 2014

The 101st Merredin Research Facility field day will be held 25 September, commencing at 10.00am. Highlights include much-anticipated testing of long season wheat varieties and a look at the ‘...

  

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