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The Australian Government's Rural Financial Counselling Service Program provides grants to state and regional organisations to provide free rural financial counselling to primary producers, fishers

Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is normally produced by bacteria in the rumen of cattle and sheep on well-balanced roughage diets.

Arthritis means inflammation in one or more joints. In sheep, it is usually the result of bacterial infection.

Pink disease (Erythricium salmonicolor) is a serious pest of citrus that can affect entire limbs and/or kill trees. This pest is not known to occur in Western Australia.

Pink disease (Erythricium salmonicolor) is an exotic pest to Western Australia. It is a serious disease of citrus than can result in yield losses due to limb and tree death.

Growing an orchard can give immense satisfaction — especially when consuming the ripened end product.

Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) is a serious horticultural pest in Western Australia. It attacks a range of cultivated fruits and some fruiting vegetables.

Photosensitisation is inflammation of the skin, and occasionally the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye.

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a seed- and aphid-borne virus that infects narrow-leafed lupins. It can also infect many other broad-leafed plant species.

Small producers can often feel a little out of their depth when it comes to supplying and marketing their produce to large-scale buyers.

When revegetating your property it is important to plan, prepare and monitor your site to ensure you get the most out of it.

Western Australia remains relatively free of pests and diseases that adversely affect our agricultural industries and environment.

Dry rot (Eremothecium coryli) is a serious pest of citrus that can affect fruit palatability and citrus rootstock seed production. This pest is not known to occur in Western Australia.

Dry rot (Eremothecium coryli) is an exotic pest to Western Australia.

Whiteflies or snow flies (Aleyrodidae) are tiny, sap-sucking insects often found on the underside of leaves.

This web article describes the most common diseases of vegetables in home gardens.

Pulpy kidney (enterotoxaemia) is a disease of sheep, goats and cattle.

Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) causes a disease of potatoes worldwide and occurs in Western Australia.

Scabby mouth is a viral disease of sheep and goats that causes scabs and pustules, usually around the mouth and face of affected animals.

Maintaining the general health of a lawn and the soil beneath it is by far the best way to prevent common problems.

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