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Factsheet
Employing seasonal labour for Western Australia's grain industry
26.10.2016As primary production in Western Australia has evolved and technology has progressed, the need for full-time equivalent (FTE) staff has continued to decline, and that smaller pool of workers is needed to do increasingly sophisticated tasks.
Region: West
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Factsheet
Cost effective investment in machinery
26.10.2016Substantial gains in farm productivity and efficiency in recent years can be linked to improvements in machinery capacity and technology
Region: West
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Factsheet
Business structures explained
26.10.2016Factors such as taxes, creditors, expansion, retirement and a desire to leave a generational legacy means most farming families adopt a relatively complex business structure over time. There are several considerations to decide what business
Region: West
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Factsheet
Business structure: things you should know and ask your adviser
26.10.2016Farming families rarely change or adopt new business structures without receiving advice from their accountant, farm adviser or lawyer. While the provision of advice on matters within their areas of expertise is the role of advisers, there is an
Region: West
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Publication
Business Management and Farm Profitability
28.07.2016This Business management and farm profitability publication consists of case studies of growers in Western Australia. An initiative of the Kwinana East Regional Cropping Solutions Network.
Region: West
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Irrigated Wheat: Best Practice Guidelines In Cotton Farming Systems
07.04.2016These best practice guidelines are based on growers achieving maximum irrigated wheat yields (8t/ha plus). These guidelines are comprised of key recommendations developed from two major projects, High Yielding Irrigated Grains in Cotton Farming
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
Why are WA farmers sowing earlier or dry sowing
01.03.2016Key messagesThere has been a recent trend towards early and dry sowing in WA. Current practice is that 20% of farmers are sowing some crop area before ANZAC day and more than 50% are sowing some crop area dry.Earlier/dry sowing has been largely
Region: West
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Update Paper
Leveraging Twitter for better engagement with research outcomes
01.03.2016Key messagesTwitter enables timely sharing of trial data throughout the season and better engagement with research outcomes Trial data and key research outcomes were engaged with by grain growers, advisors and researchers throughout Australia over
Region: West
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Update Paper
New cereal rust and implications for management
01.03.2016Take home messages• Rust pathogens spread freely and rapidly through the Australasian region. While this is predominantly in a west-to east direction, recent years have seen two examples of east-to-west transport.• Monitor for the presence of
Region: West
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Update Paper
Canola hybrids vs OPs: which one wins and where?
26.02.2016Author: Heping Zhang, Jens D Berger, Mark Seymour, Rohan Brill, Richard Quinlan, Garren Knell5 | Date: 26 Feb 2016. Key Messages. The economic analysis showed that the break-even yield for hybrids versus OP canola was 1.25 t/ha for TT canola, 0.7
Region: South, West