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First-time cattle ownership for the small landholder

11 November 2013

Cattle can be personally and financially rewarding but before getting into beef, small landholders need to consider whether themselves, their family and their farm are ready for a full-time bovine

Brahman calves in the northern rangelands

Artificial breeding in beef cattle

20 May 2014

Artificial breeding is the use of technologies such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer. Artificial insemination (AI) involves placing semen directly into the uterus.

Position of the hand on the sheeps back for condition scoring sheep. The thumb should be placed on the backbone and the fingers feeling the short ribs.

Condition scoring of sheep

29 October 2013

Condition scoring sheep is an easy and accurate method of estimating the condition or 'nutritional well being' of your sheep flock.

Hay storage

Straw itch mites

10 October 2013

Severe skin itching in humans can be caused by bites from species of straw itch mite.

Cattle freeze brand stamped on the back of a cow

Stock Brand and PIC Register search guide

21 May 2015

The Western Australian Stock Brand and PIC Register is maintained by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPI

The Department of Agriculture and Food is asking the community to look out for and report signs of citrus gall wasp.

Citrus gall wasp in Western Australia

2 July 2014

Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) is a pest of citrus trees. Discovered in the suburb of Eden Hill in 2013 it is now an established pest in Perth.

Register as an owner of livestock, identify your livestock correctly

Livestock ownership, identification and movement in Western Australia

5 December 2013

Western Australia has a mandatory livestock ownership, identification and movement system.

Vineyard Snail

Identification and control of pest slugs and snails for broadacre crops in Western Australia

6 February 2014

Numbers of slugs and snails have increased in broadacre cropping in Western Australia with the use of minimum tillage and stubble-retention practices.

vegetable selection

Storage of fresh fruit and vegetables

9 April 2014

The storage life of fresh fruit and vegetables varies with type, variety and pre-harvest conditions.

Chickens

Stickfast fleas: control and eradication

6 February 2014

The stickfast flea, first recorded in Western Australia (WA) at Geraldton in 1913, is now a common disease in backyard poultry flocks, especially during summer.

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