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Abandon The Paddock : A Valid Method Of Rehabilitation?, Max Abensperg-Traun
Abandon The Paddock : A Valid Method Of Rehabilitation?, Max Abensperg-Traun
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The scale of the revegetayion needed to combat land and habitat degradation can only be achieved over a long period of time. An alternative to revegitation is to abandon parts oof the farm for passive regeneration. Max Abensperg-Traun, and his colleagues from CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, report on some outomes from such a strategy.
No-Till Sowing : Helping To Keep Cropland Soils In Place, Kevin Bligh, Paul Findlater
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.
Improving Dairy Farm Performance, Ruth Dilley
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.
Something Fishy Is Going On - Aquaculture, David Berry
Something Fishy Is Going On - Aquaculture, David Berry
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Aquaculture id Australia's fastest growing primary industry. Product from fish farms is currently valued at $399 million, forecast to exceed $5oo million by 2000.
Whilst the figure pales into insignificance alongside world production (about $45 billion) it does represent a huge window of opportunity for prospective investors and for Australian primary producers who are keen to diversify.
David Berry reports on the prospects for yabbie and marron farming in Western Australia.
Weeds : A Curse For Native Plants In Farm Woodlands, Max Abensperg-Traun
Weeds : A Curse For Native Plants In Farm Woodlands, Max Abensperg-Traun
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Weeds have a mJOR IMPct on native Australian plants, particularly in the tropical north and the agricultural regions of southern Australia.
Maz Abensperg-Traun, and his clooeagues from the CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, explainthe effects of weed invasion on the diversity of native herbaceous plants in faarm woodlands in the centeral wheatbelt of south-west Western Australia.
Rex ' 96 : An Expert Guide To Revegetation, David Bicknell
Rex ' 96 : An Expert Guide To Revegetation, David Bicknell
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Agriculture Western Australia has provided coordination and technical input to a powerful source of information on plants for Australian conditions. David Bicknell outlines some of its features and uses.
Farmers, local government, advisers and even gardeners often have trouble finding the right plant for the right place for a given purpose. Rather than spend a lot of time, money and effort looking through scattered sources of information, many people stick with a limited number of species year after year. This neglects plants that may be much better suited to the purpose, and also fails to develop Australia's huge range of …