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Wheat variety guide 2008 Western Australia
Christine Zaicou, Ben Curtis, Harmohinder Dhammu, Sarah Ellis, Dorthe Jorgensen, Shahajahan Miyan, Steve Penny, Brenda Shackley, and Darshan Sharma
This guide summarises performance characteristics of commercially available wheats and some pre-commercial lines. These lines have undergone testing in the National Variety Testing Project (NVT), Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) wide-scale crop variety testing (CVT) and/or variety specific agronomy projects. This information ... Read more
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Returns to research and development investment of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia : benefit cost analysis, 2006-2007
Peter Coyle, Editor; Roslyn Blanchard; Francis Bright; Paul Mattingley; and Manju Radhakrishnan
Strategic decision making is enhanced by the consideration of benefit cost analyses of many projects. Each year a selection of projects is evaluated to assist in the determination of the most appropriate allocation of funds. This is only one of the methods that are employed ... Read more
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Returns to R&D investment of DAFWA: benefit cost analysis, 2005-2006
Nazrul Islam
The primary outcome or objective of the projects that are assessed, is to increase the market competitiveness and profitability of agri-industry.
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Returns to research and development investment of Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia : benefit cost analysis 2005-2006
Nazrul Islam, Francis Bright, Peter Coyle, Peter Eckersley, Louise Evans, Joseph Gaffy, Allan Herbert, Ross Kingwell, Emma Kopke, and Peter Tozer
Programs of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia apply benefit-cost analysis to assist in the allocation of funds to those areas likely to make the largest contribution to the rural economy and thus to achieve the Department outcome of increased market competitiveness and ... Read more
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Nitrogen management for wheat protein and yield in the Esperance port zone
Jeremy Lemon
This manual is part of a joint project between the Department of Agriculture and Food WA and the South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA) with funding from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Growers in the Esperance port zone have been concerned with ... Read more
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Tree windbreaks in the wheatbelt
Robert Sudmeyer, David Bicknell, and Neil Coles
Windbreaks comprising trees, or tree and shrub combinations, can offer many benefits on wheatbelt farms, particularly for protection of soil, stock, crops and pastures from damaging winds and erosion. Additional benefits include reduced evaporation from farm dams, reduced groundwater recharge, their use as nature conservation ... Read more
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Root lesion and burrowing Nematodes in Western Australian cropping systems
Vivien Vanstone
Nematodes are common soil pests that feed on the roots of a wide range of crop plants in all agricultural areas of Western Australia, irrespective of soil type and rainfall. Nematodes multiply on susceptible hosts. Consequently, as nematode populations increase, crop production is limited. Cereal ... Read more
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Milling oat and feed oat quality - what are the differences?
Kellie Winfield, Maurice Hall, and Blakely Paynter
This Bulletin explains the differences between oat products used for human and animal consumption and the importance of the quality parameter to the quality of the end product. It also indicates why different varieties are suited to different end markets.
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Farming for the future self-assessment tool (SAT)
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia; Danielle England; Rebecca Ashley Jones; John Noonan; and Jon Warren
Western Australian produce is some of the cleanest, safest and most reliable in the world. It is also being produced in an increasingly sustainable manner as our primary producers adopt documented and industry agreed, current recommended practices. International markets and local consumers want to be ... Read more
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A Manual for raised bed farming in Western Australia
Derk Bakker, David Houlbrooke, Greg Hamilton, and Cliff Spann
This manual provides a complete set of information on the nature, location, occurrence and reasons for waterlogging and how to prevent it. The preventative technology, raised bed farming, is explained in terms of: how and why it works; the practical means of installing and maintaining ... Read more
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Feed grain report - current and future demand in Western Australia
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Authors: Martin Barbetti, Pam Burgess, Dave Eksteen, Trevor Lacey, Reg Lance, Peter Metcalfe, Dane Robertson, Greg Shea, Sofia Sipsas, Mark Sweetingham, Graham Walton, Peter White, Anne Wilkins
Markets are rapidly changing and new industries are emerging at a faster rate than previously recorded in history. ... Read more
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2005 Crop variety sowing guide for Western Australia
Jenny Garlinge
The Crop Variety Sowing Guide attempts to present all the information that is necessary for you to make the best choice of variety for each of the major crops. As well as varietal characteristics and performance, it contains information on herbicide resistance, disease, agronomic factors, ... Read more
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Successful cropping in the high rainfall zone of Western Australia : crop research and extension in the zone
Narelle Hill, Heping Zhang Dr., Tim Trezise, John Young, Natahan Moyes, Laurence Carslake, Neil C. Turner Dr, Walter Anderson, and Michael Poole
This manual is a review of all the relevant and current information relating to cropping systems in the high rainfall cropping zone (HRZ) of Western Australia. It functions partly as the final report summarising research results and extension activities and discusses recommendations and potential outcomes ... Read more
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Producing pulses in the northern agricultural region
Peter White, Martin Harries, Mark Seymour, and Pam Burgess
Pulses, like most other temperate crops, are ideally suited to environments with mild temperatures, adequate rainfall and free draining soils that have a deep uniform profile, a medium to fine texture and slightly acid to neutral pH (6.5-7.5). Pulses when grown on these soils and ... Read more
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Subsurface acidity
Mike Bolland, Chris Gazey, Amanda Miller, Dave Gartner, and Julie-Anne Roche
Productive agriculture increases the concentration of hydrogen ions in soil, which acidifies the soil.
Aluminium is a component of many soil constituents, including clays and oxides, and is also present on the surfaces of soil organic matter. As the concentration of hydrogen ions in soil ... Read more
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Topcrop W.A. state focus 2002-2003 wheat protein
Alison Slade and Jeremy Lemon
The State Focus program is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) in conjunction with TOPCROP to provide grower groups with a new learning concept. The concept was developed in Victoria and has been adopted by South Australia and Western Australia.
Wheat protein ... Read more
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Tramline farming systems technical manual
Bindi Webb, Paul Blackwell, Glen Riethmuller, and Jeremy Lemon
Tramline farming improves farm production and efficiency by controlling traffic and confining compaction to permanent tramlines and reducing overlap. This manual will help you develop your farming system to get the tramline farming benefits. The manual contains information on the principles and techniques of implementing ... Read more
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Zone management in precision agriculture by matching fertiliser input to crop demand
Daya Patabendige, Mike Wong, and Bill Bowden
Growers in Western Australia who have been yield mapping since the mid 1990s have come to realise that grain yield varies across different zones of their paddocks in any given year, as well as between years depending on the seasonal conditions and crop type. This ... Read more
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Successful field pea harvesting
Glen Riethmuller and Ian Pritchard
Many thousands of hectares of field peas are harvested trouble free each year. Growers experience together with recent machinery innovations and modifications have solved the majority of harvesting difficulties. Optimum harvesting conditions are in a crop of uniform density on a level soil surface with ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2002 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
The Soil Acidity Research, Development and Extension Project has produced a summary of the activities, research results and recommendations each year and this book is the last in a series of seven.
The Department of Agriculture Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and CSIRO ... Read more
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Organic wheat : a production guide
Steven McCoy
Many people believe that organic agriculture systems can only work in high rainfall regions. However, some of Australia’s most successful organic farmers are the experienced organic wheatbelt growers who produce cereal, pulse and oilseed crops in different regions and soil types across the country.
Wheat ... Read more
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Profitable canola production in the northern grainbelt of Western Australia 2001
Paul Carmody and Adrian Cox
Canola is a member of the Brassicaceae family that also includes mustard, turnip, wild radish, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli.
It is a winter growing oilseed that can be produced in most arable areas of Australia where winter crops are currently grown. Originally known as rapeseed ... Read more
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Profitable canola production in the great southern and lakes district
Paul Carmody and Ashley Herbert
The Canola industry has rapidly grown with a 10 fold increase in area sown in Western Australia over the four years from 1996-99.
The driving force behind this increase in area can be attributed to the successful adoption of weed control technology in Triazine Tolerant ... Read more
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Scott coastal plain a strategy for a sustainable future
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
The Scott Coastal Plain has significant attributes that make it an area of State and regional significance for agricultural production. The climate, availability of good quality groundwater for irrigation, and large lot sizes provide opportunities for mechanised horticultural production which other parts of the State ... Read more
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Western Australia soil acidity research and development update 2001 : time to lime
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
This book for 2001 again summarises the work being carried out by staff of The Integrated Soil Acidity Research, Development and Extension projects in Western Australia. These projects are based at Agriculture Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and CSIRO.
Several articles in this ... Read more
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