The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia’s role is to grow and protect Western Australia’s agriculture and food sector. We work professionally and with integrity to help deliver meaningful results to industry, government and the community.
Our department supports the success of the state’s agrifood businesses by delivering our Agrifood 2025+ Strategic plan and, in turn, achieving our vision of ‘a progressive, innovative and profitable agriculture and food sector that benefits Western Australia’
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To determine the spread pattern from aerially applied baits.
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To investigate the nitrogen rate and time of application response of canola varieties to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrids in comparison with open-pollinated types to: 1. Provide growers in lower rainfall environments with guidelines on optimal nitrogen rates and times of application to maximise grain and oil yields. 2. Determine if the… read more
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Compare the yield responses of wheat varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May) and two plant densities.
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To evaluate the response of canola to low fertiliser inputs
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To evaluate the response of canola to low fertiliser inputs
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Claying has been undertaken in many areas throughout the zone, and there is quite a bit of expertise on the risks and benefits associated with it within the zone. Cash flow of most farmers in general doesn’t allow the expense of the high rates of clay to occur. However, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that low rates of clay (lower than … read more
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To provide an overview and improve understanding of the range of tillage implements available to growers to incorporate lime, their respective costs and benefits and to assess novel options.
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To value-add to grazing crops as frost mitigation tool by investigating the interaction of time x height of (simulated) grazing on wheat crop recovery and delay in flowering window.
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Claying has been undertaken in many areas throughout the zone, and there is quite a bit of expertise on the risks and benefits associated with it within the zone. Cash flow of most farmers in general doesn’t allow the expense of the high rates of clay to occur. However, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that low rates of clay (lower than … read more
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To value-add to grazing crops as frost mitigation tool by investigating the interaction of time x height of (simulated) grazing on wheat crop recovery and delay in flowering window.
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To determine if retaining canola seed leads to reduced yield, oil and financial return.
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To determine if retaining canola seed leads to reduced yield, oil and financial return.
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To test the effect of compacted inter-rows on water harvesting, production and profitability in a low rainfall wheatbelt environment.
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To test the effect of compacted inter-rows on water harvesting, production and profitability in a low rainfall wheatbelt environment.
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Compare the yield responses of canola varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May).
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To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock
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To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock
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There appears to be renewed interest from growers and the agricultural community in legume break crops to complement canola and cereals in the rotation. For example in the Esperance region a number of farmers bulked up lentil seed in 2016 in anticipation of sowing larger areas in 2017. This paper summarises some of the experiments conducted in 2… read more
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To consolidate information and provide guidelines for best bet management of canola sown at or before mid-April.
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To evaluate the response of canola to low fertiliser inputs
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To better determine the impact of green peach aphid feeding damage in the absence of virus on canola yield and seed quality.
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To develop variety specific management packages for ascochyta blight of chickpea.
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To determine if spacing canola plants more uniformly within the row can improve yield in the WA Northern Region.
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To consolidate information and provide guidelines for best bet management of canola sown at or before mid-April.
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To investigate whether agronomy can overcome the yield penalty of retained (F2) TT hybrid canola compared with purchased (F1) hybrid seed by using;
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To determine if canola cultivars vary in their rates of shedding
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Investment in milli… read more
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Growers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Willia… read more
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Growers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Willia… read more
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Growers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Willia… read more
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To determine if canola cultivars vary in their rates of shedding
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To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola.
