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Report Of Agricultural Delegation To The Middle East, Rob Delane, Henry Steingiesser, Besko Trhuij

All other publications

No abstract provided.

Stocking Rate Guidelines For Rural Small Holdings, Swan Coastal Plain And Darling Scarp And Surrounds, Western Australia, Dennis Van Gool, Ken Angell, Lindsay Stephens

Agriculture reports

Small rural holdings are often owned by people who want to pursue a semi-rural lifestyle but who are inexperienced in land management issues. This can result in landholders stocking their properties with animals at rates higher than the land resources can sustain, leading to degradation problems such as soil erosion, water pollution and damage to vegetation. This document provides information and guidelines to help planners, developers, local authorities and land owners determine the base stocking rates for rural small holdings on the Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp and immediate surrounds. The advice utilises Agriculture Western Australia’s rural stocking rate …

Asian Wheat Market And Food Experience For Growers : A Final Report For The Grains Research And Development Corporation Project Daw637, Ben Curtis

Research Reports

This project was designed to set up a course which would allow Australian wheat growers and their partners to get closer to the markets that buy their wheat in order to learn more about some of the quality issues that affect the end products. This form of education should assist the wheat industry to move with these changing markets to lean more about them and build some supply chain linkages. This will also help improve grower responsiveness to changing market needs and increase the production of quality wheat.

Legume Logic Number 114

Legume Logic

Contents

Lupin receival record smashed

Yield monitoring

The Grain Pool of WA - Grower Outlook meetings 2000

Lupin recommendations for 2000

Pulse points

CBH lupin receivals over the past four years

Supply-Chain Alliances Offer Strategic Focus For Agriculture, Ashley Manners

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

With the development of strategic supply-chain alliances between producers and other agri-business sectors becoming a common trend worldwide, it is time for Western Australian primary producers to break with tradition. Strategic alliances have the potential to add value to agricultural products, and to guarantee food safety and quality for consumers. Ashley Manners reports on the benefits of strategic alliances, and some of the successful alliances currently being developed within Western Australia.

Investment Attraction Adds Value To Wa Agriculture, Paul G. Frapple

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Agriculture Western Australia's Agri-Industry Opportunities Project recognises that value adding to the State's agricultural products offers significant long-term economic advantages. The project therefore seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for investment in agri-industry enterprises, particularly those involved in further processing, and to promote these opportunities to potential investors. Reports on a range of specific investment opportunities currently being promoted within Western Australia's cereals, pig and dairy sectors to attract processing and other value adding companies to the State.

Western Australia Soil Acidity Research And Development Update 2000 : Time To Lime, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

Bulletins 4000 -

We have come a long way over the past three or four years in terms of both, the level of understanding and recognition of Soil Acidity as a major land degradation issue for the wheatbelt of Western Australia, and, in our actions to treat the problem.

During 1999 there were three very significant changes relating to acid soils in Western Australia.

• Lime use in WA increased by over 200,000 tonnes from 1998 to 1999 to a record 653,000 tonnes, which was double the amount applied in 1997.
• The Agricultural Lime Industry adopted a voluntary Lime Industry Code of Practice in …

Rusts Revist After Another Wet Summer, Rob Loughman, Jat Bhathal, Kith Jayasena, Robin Wilson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Wheat leaf and stem rust occurrence in 1999 resulted in a rust epidemic estimated to cause $20 million in lost production in 1999. Despite the awareness of rust-risk today, inflexibility in switching production to resistant varieties will again result in high rust disease levels for some areas in 2000. Rob Loughman, Jat Bhathal, Kith Jayasena and Robin Wilson report on the levels of resistance in various cereal varieties and the management options open to those growers who find rust in susceptible varieties this season.

Wetland Vegetation Monitoring, 1999/2000 (Salinity Action Plan), R. Gurner, R. Froend, G. Ogden, B. Franke

Research outputs pre 2011

This report represents the vegetation component of a project designed to provide on-going monitoring of wetland salinity and biological resources in wetlands of the agricultural zone of south-west Western Australia. Maintenance of wetland biological diversity in the agricultural zone is one of the major objectives of the Salinity Action Plan. Due to their low position in the landscape, wetlands are the habitat most affected by salinisation.

Wa Beef Industry And Consumers Benefit From Meat Standards Australia (Msa), John Lucey

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The Western Australian beef industry confirmed its world-class status when it became the first to implement the national beef grading scheme Meat Standards Australia.

An Analysis Of Quality Practices And Business Outcomes In Western Australian Hospitals, Janis Mussett

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study aimed at identifying aspects of health care organisational management and activities that produced the highest level of quality care. A Literature review was conducted to determine the most successful quality activities currently used in a wide variety of industries. Using the findings of this review a questionnaire and interview questions were designed to identify factors associated with successful quality activities I health care organisations. Four Western Australian hospitals that were believed to have effective quality activities were randomly selected as a hospital from each of the following categories. A private hospital accredited by the Australian Council on Health …

A Study Of Australian Managers' Perceptions Of The Internet, Roman Vargha

Theses : Honours

Despite its young age the Internet has grown to become a significant new medium for businesses and their customers. The existing literature suggests that some businesses are not going on-line whilst others are: embracing the new technology, but as yet little research has been conducted as to the reasons for this difference in take-up rate. Even less research has been conducted from an Australian perspective, with most research originating in the United States. This preliminary study explored the differing perceptions of eight Perth-based managers of businesses that are on-line compared to those that are not on-line. Of particular interest was …

New Sheep Meat Breeds For Western Australia, Matthew Young

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The continuing decline in wool prices and the arrival of several new meat sheep breeds from South Africa are being seen as an opportunity for pastoral wool growers to diversify into sheep meat production, or to add value to their Merino flocks. Since the arrival of the Damara, Dorper and South African Meat Merino, the interest in these breeds has spread not only across the sheep areas of Western Australia, but also to many parts of Australia. Matthew Young reports on a number of demonstrations undertaken in recent years to assess the performance of these new breeds both on the …

Land Monitor Plays Important Role In Salinity Battle, Brian Beetson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

As Machiavelli observed in the 16th century, Knowledge is power, and few have disputed this since. So it is not surprising that in the battle against salinity, considerable resources are being used to understand the extent of the problem and its spread. Brian Beetson reports on one of the initiatives undertaken to expand these resources - the Land Monitor project.

Better Business Sets Direction For Farming Families, Terry Laidler

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Helping farm families develop a common vision for their business and family life is a key building block in sustaining farm businesses and rural communities. The Better Business program is a process through which farmers can face the challenge of change, and is already providing a unique whole-of-farm, whole-of-family strategic approach to assist farm families look forward to their future.

South-West Medlfy Study Highlights Improved Control Strategies, Sonya Broughton, Francis De Lima

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Mediterranean fruit fly has become an extremely important pest of commercial orchards in recent years, with there being numerous reports of control problems from fruit growing districts in the South-west of Western Australia. To assist in finding a solution to the problem of effective Medfly control, a study commenced in July 1995 to develop further understanding of Medfly ecology and to evaluate control strategies under varying climatic and management conditions in the South-west region. Sonya Broughton and Francis De Lima report on the outcomes of the three-year study.

Weevil Management In Orchards And Vineyards Looks Promising, Stewart Learmonth

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Research and monitoring undertaken by Agriculture Western Australia is showing that the management of weevils in Western Australia's orchard crops and vineyards is improving. A number of alternative management strategies are being implemented, and future research will assess the effectiveness of non-chemical approaches to weevil management.

Taking The Sqf 2000cm Quality Code To The World Stage

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The Statewest Achievement Award in 1999 recognised the outstanding contribution of Agriculture Western Australia's SQF 2000^cm Project Team to the quality and safety of the state's food products. SQF 2000^cm is now being taken to the world, with the Project Team continuing to assist other States and countries to implement the quality assurance system. Paul Ryan reports on the increasing international recognition of SQF 2000^cm, its benefits to food and fibre industries, and the economic returns being achieved for Western Australia.

Tagasaste Revolutionises Production In The West Midlands, Emma Davey

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The need to find a sustainable and profitable alternative to annual pasture systems for the poor sands of the West Midland area led to the development and adoption of tagasaste (Chamaecytisus proliferus). Today, tagasaste is seen as having an integral role in the expansion of the cattle industry in the West Midlands. Emma Davey highlights the evolution of tagasaste research from producers experimenting with growing the fodder tree, to a funded research program looking at optimising cattle production on tagasaste.

Quarantine Checkpoints Keep Pests And Diseases Out Of Wa, John Van Schagen

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Border quarantine checkpoints are an integral part of the Agriculture Protection Program - aimed at minimising introductions of unwanted pests, diseases and weeds into Western Australia. Checkpoint staff have the difficult task of seizing fruit and vegetables from travellers, while at the same time portraying a welcome face for visitors to Western Australia. A recently completed upgrade of the Eucla checkpoint on the Western Australian and South Australian border has addressed this contradiction by creating an attractive and welcoming entry point for travellers. John van Schagen reports on the recent upgrade, and the role of quarantine checkpoints in protecting Western …

Katanning Area Land Resources Survey, Heather M. Percy, G M. Wilson, Ted A. Griffin

Land resources series

This report presents results from soil and landform mapping at a scale of 1:150,000 in the Katanning area of Western Australia. It is accompanied by two soil-landscape maps covering 1.45 million hectares in the Kojonup and Darkan area (map 1) and the Katanning and Dumbleyung area (map 2). Most of the Katanning survey occurs within the Blackwood River catchment but also covers the upper catchments of the Pallinup, Frankland-Gordon and Tone-Warren Rivers. The Katanning survey falls within the Narrogin and Katanning advisory districts for Agriculture Western Australia. Twenty one soil-landscape systems have been identified and are represented on the accompanying …

Main Issues Rural Women Experience With Information & Communication Technology, Teresa Maiolo

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This brief report will outline the main issues rural women encountered with information and communications technology. This information was derived from interviewing twenty-one rural women from the South West, Eastern Goldfields, Murchison, Gascoyne, and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.

Report On The Agriculture & Nature Based Tourism Study Tour : United States Of America, United Kingdom & Germany, 28th August 99 To 17th September 99, Theo Nabben, Adriana Svenson

Research Reports

The focus of the study tour to United States, United Kingdom and Germany was agricultural and nature based. Six recurring themes were identified on tour as keys to a vibrant economy in the south west of Western Australia. This report is divided into each of these themes and provides an insight into lessons learnt while overseas, and how these might be adapted to Australia. The themes identified were:

• Agri-tourism,
• Marketing
• Restructuring rural Communities - Building on natural resource management
• Land use planning
• Developing improved linkages with higher education
• Leadership

Increasing Rural Women's Involvement In Government Decision Making, Teresa Maiolo

All other publications

The purpose of this report was to identify why rural women’s involvement in government decision-making is of a low level despite the concerted government action, and to furthermore provide solutions to inform action. The strength of the research presented is that all information is firmly established in the rural women’s experiences.

Investigation Of The Role Of The Urella Fault And The Impact Of Salinity Development In The Nebru Catchment, Upper Arrowsmith, C E. Mcconnell

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

Economics Of Oil Mallees : Report, Allan Herbert

Agriculture reports

Economic assessment of the profitability of oil mallees for a range of sites in Western Australia where farmers might invest on their own land.

Improving Productivity With Dairy Farm Performance, David Windsor, Ken Crawford, Stuart Gallagher, Vicki Staines

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

How productive can a dairy farm be? What options are available to dairy farmers to increase their productivity and profitability? How can you reduce milk production costs effectively? These are the kinds of questions that dairy farmers are, or should be, asking leading up to and immediately after deregulation. These questions, and many more, can be answered by participating in Agriculture Western Australia's (AGWEST) Dairy Farm Performance (DFP) Program. David Windsor, Ken Crawford, Stuart Gallagher and Vicki Staines report on DFP and the benefits being generated for dairy farmers in Western Australia.

Western Australia - A Johne's Disease Free Zone, Peter Morcombe

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The control of Johne's disease (JD) in Australia is coordinated nationally by Animal Health Australia in conjunction with the livestock industries and the Commonwealth and State "Governments. Zones were established for Australia in July 1999 to control the spread of JD. These zones ensured that surveillance established the prevalence of JD, and that movement restrictions on livestock appropriate to the zone status were implemented. Following many years of surveillance and restrictions on the introduction of livestock, Western Australia has now been declared a Johne's Disease Free Zone - the first in Australia. Johne's Disease State Coordinator Peter Morcombe looks at …

Agstats Northern Agricultural Region, Jill Wilson Dr

All other publications

This document has been commissioned by the Sustainable Rural Development Program, Northern Agricultural Region as a service to support effective decision making in this region.

AGSTATS are a product of the AGPLAN project. Each AGSTAT is a summary sheet for local government areas or regions. Each AGSTAT features:

• Extensive use of graphs and tables for quick and easy communication of information.
• A brief commentary on features and trends.
• The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP), total area of production and number of farms for the area in comparison with the total region.
• The proportion ofGVAP by commodity.
• Trends in total …

The Role Of Benthic Macroalgae In Sediment-Water Nutrient Cycling In The Swan-Canning Estuarine System, Western Australia, Helen Lee Astill

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study documented the macroalgal assemblages of the Swan-Canning Estuarine System (SCES) over a two year period, and the influences of several environmental parameters on the assemblages. In addition, the Impacts of unattached macroalgal accumulations on benthic nutrient fluxes and microbial communities were investigated. Benthic macroalgal assemblages and physico-chemical regimes were monitored in the SCES, to determine temporal and spatial changes in macroalgal communities and the influence of environmental factors in these changes. Physico-chemical regimes demonstrated strong seasonal changes, which revolved around the onset and cessation of freshwater flows in winter (May to September). In the months after freshwater flows, …