The Department of Agriculture and Food is requesting rural Western Australians who plan to commemorate the Anzac centenary this year by planting red poppies to do so with care.
The Department of Agriculture and Food will lead a group of Western Australian food and beverage exporters participating at Food and Hotel Asia 2014 next month.
Visitors to the Perth Garden Festival who have unfamiliar pests or weeds in their home or yards are encouraged to drop in to the Department of Agriculture and Food exhibit area for help to identify
The Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) is reminding farmers to look into their eligibility for a tax offset if they are purchasing a seeder this season.
Research by the Department of Agriculture and Food has confirmed the new feed barley variety Litmus is the best available barley variety to grow on soils with an acidic profile.
Department of Agriculture and Food research has shown that shifting investment from nutrients to lime incorporation can be profitable on acid soils, and provide immediate benefits.
Grain growers can no-till furrow sow smarter by investing in wings on points or boots, a banded wetter or sowing close to the previous row on dry, non-wetting soil.
Regular quarantine inspections by the Department of Agriculture and Food have recently detected exotic insect pests on fruit, vegetables and flowers brought into Western Australia.
The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia is working in conjunction with WA College of Agriculture Denmark to provide students with broadacre farming experience.
The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia is working with AGWEST Plant Laboratories to offer a rapid and inexpensive screening service to distinguish between the barley varieties Sc
The 2013 AgLinkEd Scholarship winner, Stephanie Boyce, has taken the next step in pursuing her career in agriculture, after being appointed to the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Geraldton off
The jujube may still be a novelty for many Western Australians but after three years work by the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) the fruit is gaining more prominence.
Three leading researchers are in Western Australia this week to meet with industry, government and community groups about a coordinated approach to control of declared pests.
Grain growers should seek credible, localised data on new fertiliser products before they pull out their chequebook, according to a recognised soil scientist who recently completed a revealing fiel
