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Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy, John Platt, Brendan Nicholas, Rod Short, Stephen Gee

Natural resources published reports

The Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy project was initiated by the Esperance Land Conservation District Committee.

This report provides a reference document for farmers and other land managers such as government agencies and local government, and should help them to strategically focus their catchment planning activities.

It will help land managers to identify the major catchments and land systems in their area, management issues for long term sustainability, and a regional strategy for catchment planning.

Catchment planning involves both technical and social processes.

Technically it is a process of planning the sustainable use of water resources within a catchment.

Lupin Logic Number 68

Lupin Logic

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1996 Lupin market update - Alan Dagg G.P.W.A.

The final say on pleiochaeta

Pleiochaeta soil test

Albus lupin storage

Grain Outlook Meetings with GPWA Agricuture WA and SBS Rural

Lupin recievals (tonnes) 1992-1995

New index

Summer weed control

Goosefoot is toxic to lupins

Lupin Logic Number 67

Lupin Logic

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Pleiochaeta soil test

Priotising pleiochaeta risk factors

Grain Outlook Meetings with GPWA, Agriculture Western Australia and SBS Rural

Germination testing and the rain

Are you waiting for results?

Lupin Logic Number 66

Lupin Logic

Contents

Avoiding pleiochaeta

Animal feedstuffs

- Chemical composition

- Price

- Acceptability

- Storage and handling

Lupin prices???

Summer weeds

Bulletin No 4315 - Western Australian Agricultural & Fishery Exports At A Glance...1995/96, Graeme Robertson Dr, P. P. Rogers

Bulletins 4000 -

Second edition (revised and updated) January 1997.

Western Australia's economic growth and high productivity is based on a well established export-oriented economy that relies heavily on primary production.

Our abundant and diverse range of agricultural and fish products is supported by highly innovative and dynamic primary industries. These are backed by modern financial and physical infrastructure.

Western Australia's agricultural industries and fisheries have an international reputation for a professional approach to business and a proven track record in producing and supplying food and fibre products of consistently high quality. Clean air, unpolluted oceans and waterways, and abundant quality farmland are …

No-Till Sowing : Helping To Keep Cropland Soils In Place, Kevin Bligh, Paul Findlater

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

Repeated erosion of tilled land can ;ower crop and pasture yields because of reduced available moisture and nutrient storage. Kevin Bligh and Paul Findlater look at the causes of water and wind erosion and the role of no-till sowing in minimising erosion.

Skeleton Weed : The Current Situation, Peter Scott, Jon Dodd

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

Skeleton weed is a major threat to western Australia's grain industry. This weed established itself throughout the entire eastern States wheatbelt in just over 50 years and is now found from south-east Queensland to South Australia. It was first founs in Western Australia at Ballidu in 1963, and since that time has been the subject of an ongoing and intensive eradication campaign. Peter Scott and Jon Dodd report on the present status of skeleton weed in Western Australia and outline the progress to date and future directions of the eradication campaign.

Cotton Rising From The Ashes, Georgina Wilson

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

Two hundred thousand dollars worth of quality cotton was deliberately destroyed by burning in the Kimberley last December. The same thing will probably happen again this year, but there will ne no cries of arson and police will not be seeking the perpetrators. Georgina Wilson reports on the emerging cotton industry on the Ord.

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus And Its Management, Lindrea Latham, Roger Jones

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

In 1993, western flower thrips, an important pest of horticultural crops, was found in Western Australia. Since then there has been an upsurge in damsging virus disease epidemics caused by tomato spotter wilt virus in horticultural crops. This has occurred because western flower thrips is a more effective vector of tomato spotted wilt virus than other thrips species. Lindrea Latham and Roger Jones outline the symptoms, spread and management of this serious virus disease in vegetables and ornamentals.

Weeds Can Poison Crops, Aik Hock Cheam

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

Weeds can interfere with the growth of a crop simply by competing with the crop for nutrients, moisture and light. But some weeds also release chemicals that inhibit the germination and growth of crop plants; the technical term for this is allelopathy. Aik Cheam outlines the problems caused by two common weeds and the discusses preventative measures.

Improving Dairy Farm Performance, Ruth Dilley

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

Western Austraian sairy farmers produce more milk per cow and per farm than their eastern Sttates counterparts and the milk is also of higher quality. But there is always room for improvement and as grain prices rise it is crucial that maximum benefit is derived from the cheapest feed source - the pasture.With this in mind Ruth Dilley looks at the Dairy Farm Performance Program - a comprihensive farm database developed by Agriculture Western Australia.

Positive Price Outlook For Wheat : Implications For Wa Agriculture, Alan Haagensen, Ian Wilkinson

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

After a 40 year period over which wheat prices have dropped by an average of 2.7 per cent annually in real terms, fundamental changes in wheat supply and demand look set to reverse this trend. It is possible that real prices could increase by as much as 4 per cent anually in the medium term.

Alan Haagensen and Ian Wilkinson look at the forecasts for wheat prices and outline the forces that will influence world supply and demands for wheat.

Options For Pest Management In Pastures, Phil Michael, Mike Grimm, Mike Hyder, Peter Doyle

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

Redlegged eath mit, blue oat ite, lucern flea and aphids damage pastures across southern Australia, and it has been estimated that they cause annual losses to the Australian wool industry alone of over $200 million.

Redlegged earth mite is without doubt the most serious of the four pests. Peter DoPhil Michael, Mike Grimm, Mike Hyder and Peter Doyle discuss intergrated management options to control these pests.

Lupin Logic Number 65

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupin breeding in Australia- the first 50 years - Wallace Cowling

Reminders

United Arab Emirates

Vigour tests

Lupin market report

Lupin Logic Number 64

Lupin Logic

Contents

The lime debt

Action required

Albus lupins

New testing service

Lupin variety recommendations 1996

Lupin Logic Number 63

Lupin Logic

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Lupin tempe

JERAC 95

Pod saver

Myallie released

Budworm

Pulse production Australia 1995

Bulletin 4307 - Grass Control In Pastures Using Herbicides, Alexandra Wallace

Bulletins 4000 -

This Bulletin discusses three methods for herbicide control of grasses in pastures:

• pasture manipulation, in the early stages of pasture growth;
• spray-topping late in the growing season; and
• hay freezing, late in the growing season.

Lupin Logic Number 62

Lupin Logic

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Aphid threat to lupin crops

Regional Officers

Header modifications

L. atlanticus

Reminders

Lupin Logic Number 61

Lupin Logic

Contents

Harvester modifications

Farmer attitude to grain legumes

Market comment

Reminder

PulsePak

The Barley Book, Kevin Young, Grains Research And Development Corporation, Grain Pool Of Western Australia

Bulletins 4000 -

The Grain Pool of Western Australia isproud to join the Grains Research and Development Corporation as co-sponsor of the first comprehensive book on barley production and management published in Australia.The book will be an invaluable aid tobarley growers, giving them the latest facts on barley production, agronomy and marketing. In this age of rapidly changing technology and increasingcosts, growers need to be aware of the latest advances in production andmanagement to ensure maximum profitability. The Western Australian barley industry is presently in good shapeand initiatives such as the continued focus on quality and end-user service are being undertaken to ensure …

Lupin Logic Number 60

Lupin Logic

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Where's the stubble?

Predicting flowering time in lupins

More reliable lupin yields

A guide to selecting grain legumes for your soil

Lupin demonstrations

Publications

Lupin Logic Number 59

Lupin Logic

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Anthracnose threatens lupin industry

Low lambing percentages

Post-emergence weed control options

Sowing lupins into pasture

Lupin No. 1 Pool

Lupin Logic Number 58

Lupin Logic

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Lupin row spacing

Seeding

Waterlogging tolerance in yellow lupin

WA blue lupin and superphosphate

Lupins and the duplex soils

Lupin area 1995

Publications

Lupin Logic Number 57

Lupin Logic

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Dry seeding

- 1994 experiences

- Machinery

- Rules fro dry seeding

- When should I dry seed?

Lupins & carts

- Weed control

- Value of lupin chaff

Time of seeding

1994/95 estimated lupin equities

Effects Of Tactical Responses And Risk Aversion On Farm Wheat Supply, Ross S. Kingwell

Natural Resources Research Articles

A discrete stochastic programming model of the farming system of the eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia is used to examine the effect of tactical responses and risk aversion on wheat supply. Including within-season tactical changes to wheat areas decreases the own-price elasticity of supply. By contrast, introducing risk aversion has no consistent effect on the own-price elasticity of supply. The implications for supply models are discussed.

Lupin Logic Number 56

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupins in aquaculture

Manganese seed testing

Residual nitrogen

No-Till lupin

Lupin seed quality testing - extension

Reminders

Canola : Golden Oil For Farmers And Consumers, Paul Carmody

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

It is feasible that canola could become Western Australia's fourth largest crop after wheat, barley and lupins by the turn of the century.

Without the stigma attached to its parent crop, rapeseed, canola has also become one of the most successful international agricultural product launches, proving itself not only a useful cropping alternative but a healthy oil for consumers. State Oilseeds Adviser PAUL CARMODY sets the scene.

Planting Seeds For A Sound Future, Peter Portmann

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

Royalties have been collected sales of all new crop varieties released in We tern ustralia by the Department of Agriculture since the lease of Merrit lupins and Yilgarn oats in 1991.

Many questions have been raised by farmers about these royalties. Why pay royalties when we have already paid for the development of the varieties through our Grains Research end: Development Corporation levy? Why should we pay a Jevy if it - is just going back into Government revenue? Is there any real benefit to us?

Buntine-West Wubin And West Maya Catchment Management Report, William Oldfield, Natalie Hunt

Natural resources published reports

Buntine West/Wubin land Conservation District was formed when a number of landholders wanted to extend and join on to some existing deep drains. At first the group concentrated on the deep drains with some farmers joining on anda project to connect the drains up througha naturally occurring saline area and to run the main drain into a salt lake system. Funding was attained for 50% of the project and farmers with drains paid for the rest. It was considered unfair for landowners whose land this drain went through to pay all the cost as it was not draining arable land. …

Lupin Logic Number 55

Lupin Logic

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Genetically modified lupins

Lupin seed quality testing

Are you waiting for results?

Herbicide resistance solved?