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Crop Recommendations (1975) And Variety Trials (1973-1974), Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Crop Recommendations (1975) And Variety Trials (1973-1974), Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Variety recommendations for 1975 were derived mainly from results of 259 trials conducted at 60 sites in 1973. The main programme included wheat, oat, barley and lupin trials sown at 43 sites in wheatbelt areas; biscuit wheat trials on 12 sites in southern medium and high rainfall areas, and special hard wheat trials on 12 heavy land sites in low rainfall areas.
Also included was a series of early-sowing trials with lupins, wheat and barley; linseed trials in southern coastal areas, and preliminary wheat, oat and barley variety trials on research stations.
Linseed : A Forgotten Crop, M L. Poole, R. J. Guyton, H. M. Fisher
Linseed : A Forgotten Crop, M L. Poole, R. J. Guyton, H. M. Fisher
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Linseed has become a forgotten crop in Western Australia. From a peak production of 6 200 tonnes from 12 500 hectares in 1969, and an apparently bright future, it dwindled to a bare 80 tonnes from 250 hectares in 1973.
This article looks at some of the reasons for this decline and, with linseed fetching all-time record prices on world markets, gives reasons why the crop should be grown.