22/09/2005 | THE potentially serious weed three-horned bedstraw has been confirmed on two unrelated properties in the Central and Great Southern agricultural regions. Targeted surveillance by the Agriculture Department revealed bedstraw plants scattered over
22/09/2005 | POPULAR to China, Korea, Japan and South America, the Daikon Chinese radish would be an ideal crop for the WA climate, according to international no-till consultant Rolf Derpsch. Speaking at the WANTFA Spring field days at Meckering, Mr Derpsch sa
22/09/2005 | MORE farmers are adopting greenhouse-friendly farming practices, according to a new report. Landcare Australia and the Australian Greenhouse Office have released the Meeting the Greenhouse Challenge report, which also shows farmers how to boost pr
22/09/2005 | INCREASING interest in liquid fertilisers and foliar spraying, tramline farming and working up and back would probably summarise why there also has been more farmer inquiry on self-propelled boomsprayers. And Case IH considers it is ahead of the f
22/09/2005 | THE Grain Licensing Authority (GLA) has approved the export of 125,000t of feed barley to the Middle East but declined applications to send a further 125,000t to the region. Applications to export 60,000t of malting barley to China and 38,000t of
22/09/2005 | APPLYING more nitrogen and sulphur later may be all that is needed for a better canola crop, according to Farm Focus Consultants site consultant Geoff Fosbery. While demonstrating a trial of fertiliser manipulation on canola during the WANTFA Spri
22/09/2005 | YORK lotfeeders Mark and Shelley Fairclough have been named the Alan Jarman Q Lamb producer of the year. In a family effort involving sons Brad and Andrew and Mark's father Ray, the couple turned off 22,000 lambs in the past 12 months and frequent
22/09/2005 | GERALDTON machinery dealership Murchison Machinery has taken on the Horwood Bagshaw franchise with great expectations. Manager Scott Smith said the bar was at the cutting edge of tillage equipment. Mr Smith and WA Horwood Bagshaw representative
22/09/2005 | Making sure stock have alternative feed can help farmers avoid problems associated with a weed that has an attractive name but some very unpleasant effects. Department of Agriculture District Veterinary Officer Roy Butler said marshmallow poisonin
22/09/2005 | AFTER more than 25 years in the boomspray industry Hardi product manager Dave Bromilow says nothing has changed. "Sure we've got better technology, but the focus still remains on nozzle selection, spray volumes and calibration," Mr Bromilow said w
22/09/2005 | FORMER Wyalkatchem farmer of 20 years, Grains Council of Australia (GCA) president Murray Jones, was back in WA to tour the WANTFA spring field days and start uniting the industry. Mr Jones said he knew a lot of farmers from the Wheatbelt area
22/09/2005 | NO-TILL farmers must make use of disc seeders and cover crops if they want to get the most out of their no-till practices. That was the message from world-renowned no-till expert Rolf Derpsch at a WANTFA dinner at Meckering last week. Mr De
22/09/2005 | AGRICULTURE Department pulse extension officer Ian Pritchard told growers at the WANTFA spring field days what it took to achieve a good crop of semi-leafless field pea variety Kaspa. "The right time of sowing is May to early June," he said.
14/09/2005 | NARRIKUP beef and prime lamb producer Alex Campbell has been practising for years what he has preached across Australia. His extra-curricular activities have led him to be more widely known as an advocate for more and better management of the
14/09/2005 | THE Brazilian cattle herd is geared up for further expansion to reach nearly 178 million head by early 2007 due to higher investments in animal genetics (particularly through cross breeding programs) and improved pasture and management practi
14/09/2005 | WITH a $70 million business base, Gingin Community Bank is a model success story for the Community Bank ethos. Gingin resident and real estate agent Tom Cabassi had heard of the concept and discussed it with a group of interested locals, but it wa
14/09/2005 | THE dairy industry earns the highest gross income per hectare than any other broadacre livestock industry, according to Landmark rural finance manager Rob McNab. Landmark was one of three financial organisations exhibiting at the Farmwest Dair
14/09/2005 | LAMB production in Australia could rise by 39pc and exports as much as 58pc by 2010, according to Meat and Livestock Australia's (MLA) Japan market services and analysis manager Linda Wilson. Ms Wilson predicted mutton production and exports
14/09/2005 | WA diary farmers want to breed good cattle and are scouring the globe to get the best bulls, according to genetics experts at the Farmwest Dairy Discovery in Bunbury last week. One hundred and ninety dairy operations attended the dairy field d
14/09/2005 | AN Australian research discovery promises major advances for the dairy manufacturing industry by helping to create new health-promoting dairy ingredients through sound. Researchers have discovered that high-frequency sound waves can change the siz
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