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Visions For Agriculture, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Visions For Agriculture, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Agriculture reports
This workshop grew out of a conversation between Maurice Barnes, a Trayning farmer and member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Dryland Research Institute, and Steve Porritt, the officer in charge of the Dryland Research Institute at Merredin. Maurice was interested in the idea of posing the question 'What would agriculture be like if we had known as much about this landscape in 1829 as we know now?', to a group of farmers and others interested in the central wheatbelt and its future. Maurice saw this question as a first step toward achieving some shared vision for the future …
Influence Of Water Supply On Farm Productivity In The North-Eastern Wheatbelt, E J. Hauck
Influence Of Water Supply On Farm Productivity In The North-Eastern Wheatbelt, E J. Hauck
Resource management technical reports
In the area with reliable reticulated water supplies, average what yield, average wool production and average number of sheep per pastured hectare showed a positive correlation with annual rainfall in all but one year. By contrast, in the area served by on-farm water supplies only, average wheat yield and annual rainfall were strongly correlated, whereas average wool production and average number of sheep per pastured hectare showed a weaker correlation with annual rainfall. These correlations suggest tt on farms with a reliable water supply, livestock numbers have been adjusted annually to ensure optimum utilisation of available feed in all seasons.
No-Tillage Seeders And Their Adoption In North America With Relevance To Western Australia, J K. Bligh
No-Tillage Seeders And Their Adoption In North America With Relevance To Western Australia, J K. Bligh
Resource management technical reports
The adoption of no-tillage seeders appears generally to be at a similar stage in North America as in Western Australia. One notable difference is the communication provided by several no-tillage farmers organisations, such as the Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association. Since almost all development of no-tillage systems has been carried out by farmers, such associations have proven invaluable in directly providing communication with their peers.
Preservation Of Wooden Hive Equipment, Lee Allan
Preservation Of Wooden Hive Equipment, Lee Allan
Agriculture reports
The booklet is a compilation of jounral articles by Department of Agriculture staff. Bee keeping and wood preservation in Australia, P.J. Robinson and J.R.J. French(The Australian Bee Journal, January 1986, pp 11-14) Wood preservation in Victoria commercial apiaries, P.J. Robinson and J.R.J. French(The Australian Bee Journal, January 1986, pp 8-10) Preservation of hive equipment, T.F. Weatherhead (The Australasian Bee Journal,May 1987, pp 12-17) Preservation of beehive components, T.F. Weatherhead (The Australasian Beekeeper,September 1984, pp 52-53) Choosing paint for beehive timbers, M.J. Kennedy (The Australasian Bee keeper,September 1984, pp 52-53) Protocol for wax dipping bee equipment, G.L. Griffiths (Division of Animal …
Land Resources Study Of The Carnarvon Land Conservation District And Part Of Boolathana Station, Western Australia, M R. Wells, C D M Keating, J A. Bessell-Browne
Land Resources Study Of The Carnarvon Land Conservation District And Part Of Boolathana Station, Western Australia, M R. Wells, C D M Keating, J A. Bessell-Browne
Land resources series
A survey of the land resources of 36,343 ha covering the Carnarvon Land Conservation District and an adjoining portion of Boolathana station was conducted to assist future land use planning and management. This report describes the soil, landform and vegetation conditions of land units shown on an accompanying 1:50,000 scale map. These land units are components of land systems previously mapped at 1:250,000 scale for the Carnarvon Basin by Payne et al. (1987). As part of the study, further, more detailed land resource mapping and land capability assessments were conducted at specific locations. Land use planning and management considerations arising …
Soils And Landforms Of The Manjimup Area, Western Australia, Hugh Maxwell Churchward
Soils And Landforms Of The Manjimup Area, Western Australia, Hugh Maxwell Churchward
Land resources series
No abstract provided.
Land Resources Map In The Southern Section Of The Peel-Harvey Catchment, Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, Dennis Van Gool, Bev Kipling
Land Resources Map In The Southern Section Of The Peel-Harvey Catchment, Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia, Dennis Van Gool, Bev Kipling
Land resources series
Soil-Landscape map prepared to assist nutrient management and land use planning in the southern section of the Peel-Harvey catchment.
Navail Spreadsheet, S J. Burgess
Navail Spreadsheet, S J. Burgess
Agriculture reports
A computer program called NPDECIDE has been developed by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture to assist with decisions relating to the use of phosphorus fertiliser on cereal crops. NPDECIDE functions by estimating the response of the crop to combinations of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers, and by indicating the likely profit from the use of these materials. In order to carry out this task, NPDECIDE must be able to calculate the availability to the growing plants of nitrogen from the fertilisers and from organic material in the soil.
'Living Soil' Seminar, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
'Living Soil' Seminar, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Agriculture reports
Provides an opportunity for farmers and those involved in the agricultural service industry, to focus on what happens in the soil. Seminar reflects the interest detected amongst farmers in knowing more about the things that influence plant growth and a genuine concern about the environment.
Farmer Groups - A Fad Or The Future, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia
Farmer Groups - A Fad Or The Future, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia
All other publications
The question I have asked is 'Are farmer groups a fad or the future?' I believe there is no question about it. Farmer groups ARE an important part of future agricultural extension. With shrinking government resources devoted to extension, a farmer group approach has many advantages. These advantages have been shown in Western Australia with landcare catchment groups and lice cell groups and these have been recognised by both extension workers and farmers. What makes these groups different to groups of the past? Farmer groups have come and gone in an almost cyclical fashion. An exception is the Kondinin Group, …