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                          Southern Agricultural Region


                          Southern Agricultural Region Ravensthorpe and Esperance Katanning and Jerramungup Albany
                          Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia District Offices in the Southern Agricultural region. Click on your town to to get local news and information.

                           

                          Southern Agricultural Region news

                          Current ssues of concern in the region: locusts, starlings, mice. More information...

                          Upcoming Events

                          Date Title Type Topic Location
                          02/12/2009 Cranbrook: Mallee’s – are they worth planting yet Workshop Southern Agricultural Region Cranbrook, Venue to be announced.
                          08/01/2010 Jerdacuttup Top Crop and Pasture Group AGM All Southern Agricultural Region Jerdacuttup
                          10/02/2010 GSARI – Two field days in one Field day Southern Agricultural Region Katanning

                          Background to the Southern Agricultural Region (SAR)

                          The land area of the SAR stretches from the Shire of Esperance in the east to the Shire of Denmark in the west. The northern extent includes the southern part of the Shire of Wagin. The region covers around 9.6 million ha (about 4 per cent of WA land area) with over 4 million ha of farmland. The Southern Agricultural Region has a population of over 70 000 people (or 3.5 per cent of WA’s population) mainly centred in Albany and Esperance. More information...

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                          Events

                          02/09/2010
                          Mingenew-Irwin Group Spring Field D...
                          04/03/2010
                          Facey Group Trials Presentation Eve...
                          04/03/2010
                          Mingenew-Irwin Group Crop Updates...
                          25/02/2010
                          Agribusiness Crop Updates...
                          10/02/2010
                          GSARI – Two field days in one...
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                          Mingenew-Irwin Group Trials Review...
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                          Media Releases

                          Land owners to prepare for summer weed blitz
                          Precision Agriculture project helps growers embrace technology
                          Continuous cropping can control skeleton weed
                          Young wine scientist honoured by industry
                          Mullewa farms under aerial spotlight
                          Plum group profiled at extension conference
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