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Integrated Grazing and Cropping Systems to Soil Type

This demonstration site in Bruce Rock used EM-38 and soil profile analysis to determine soil types and constraints across the paddock and then matched shrubs and legume pastures to the soils, choosing species that can be grazed in the establishment year and then cropped in subsequent years.

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Mystery Behind Soil Types Prompts Grant

The changing soil types on Robert Dempster’s Goomalling farm make fertiliser and chemical application, deep ripping and mould board ploughing nothing short of an ongoing challenge.

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Perennials for Profit - Round 3 Opens 25 July 2016

NEW FUNDING ROUND OPENS: Perennials for Profit

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Trials and Demonstrations Projects

Wheatbelt NRM's Trials and Demonstrations projects support on-farm trials that aim to improve management of our natural resources and farm profit over the long term.

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Making Sense of Soils

The Making Sense of Soils ‘in the paddock’ field day held at UWA’s Future Farm in Pingelly was a great success with the latest in decision support tools and weather station information available.

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Perennials for Profit Update

The Perennials for Profit program helps farmers adopt palatable forage shrub systems for livestock grazing and assists them to set up sandalwood plantations.

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Trials and Demonstrations Update

Comparing Different Soil Amelioration Techniques to Improve Subsoil Acidity

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Trials and Demonstrations Update

While Russian wheat aphid (RWA) hasn’t yet been detected in WA, it has been found in South Australia and Victoria recently.

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Help Protect the WA Grain Industry

While Russian wheat aphid (RWA) hasn’t yet been detected in WA, it has been found in South Australia and Victoria recently.

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Bush food – With and Without Irrigation

Work has started on this intriguing project with the planting of 100 desert limes (Citrus glauca) at the trial site in Beverley. The trees have been planted into raised mounds, as the soil is a lot heavier than the limes generally prefer.

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