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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Growing Sunflowers In South-Western Australia, M L. Poole
Growing Sunflowers In South-Western Australia, M L. Poole
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The oil produced from sunflowers falls into the "polyunsaturated" group and usually commands a premium price on world markets.
Some Western Australian farmers seeking to diversify their cropping programmes in the face of marketing difficulties for many agricultural products are trying sunflowers, although commercial production has not yet been achieved.
This article sets out some basic information for farmers wishing to try sunflowers.
Promising Results With Pineapples At Carnarvon, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Promising Results With Pineapples At Carnarvon, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Pineapples were investigated commercially in Carnarvon in the early 1930's but drought, sunscorch, alkaline soils and problems with transport and marketing caused the infant industry to collapse in 1936.
Recently however, trials at Gascoyne Research Station have shown that pineapples can produce good yields of high quality fruit in the area.
The trials have been aimed at establishing the viability of pineapple production at Carnarvon and have been carried out by officers of the Horticulture Division.