supporting your success dafwa office katanning dafwa katanning february 2015
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Supporting your success
DAFWA Office Katanning
DAFWA Katanning
February 2015
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Supporting your success
WA Agriculture - What
Industry Gross Value of Product’n
CEREAL CROPS $1874 million
MEAT & LIVESTOCK $1449 million
HORTICULTURE $782 million
WOOL $558 million
PULSES, PASTURES & OILSEEDS
$557 million
FISHERIES $451 million
FORESTRY $415 million
DAIRY $157 million
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Supporting your success
WA Agriculture - Where
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Supporting your success
DAFWA Office Katanning
Farming businesses in the Katanning district
Broader industry in the Katanning district
What do we do?
Supporting success of farm businesses
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Supporting your success
• ~ 5000 farm businesses state-wide
• 1500 – 2000 Southern Agricultural Region
• Average 60/40 to 70/30 ratio of cropping to livestock
• Push in many farm businesses towards cropping
• Sheep important component to reduce risk
Farming businesses in the Katanning District
Source: Rowe and Anderton, 2013 Sheep Updates
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Staff
District Office• Manager - 1• Development Officers – 2• Crop & Pasture Research Officers – 5• Veterinary Officer – 1• Animal Welfare Officer – 1• GIS Officer - 1• Biosecurity Officers – 3 (2 going)• Technical Officers – 2• Sheep Research Officers – 2 (3 more coming soon)• Administration Officers – 2
Research Facility• Manager – 1• Technical Officers – 4• Farm Operatives - 2
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Supporting your success
• Research – break crops, time of sowing, varieties, nutrition, sheep genetics , weed management
• New Genes for New Environment Facility
• Extension – all of the above• Natural resource management• Working with grower groups• Biosecurity – invasive species, footrot
What do we do?
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Supporting your success
• Workshops • AgTactics & AgMemo • Grower Group Support – Crop
Updates, Sheep Updates• Major field days• Mapping• On-farm demonstrations
Supporting success of farm businesses
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Supporting your success
DAFWA Office Katanning
Thank YouAny Questions
February 2015