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A UWA Centre for Excellence in Resource Management (CENRN) researcher in Albany, is working with the community in developing native plants as economically viable food for humans or as forage for livestock for the Great Southern region.

THE 2011 Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Technical Report No.9 is now available online, and provides the background and rationale for the 2010 release of the ten key elements to establish sub-tropical grasses as out-of-season pasture feed in the South West.

Murdoch PhD student Peter Watkins has honed a method to distinguish mutton from lamb in the shops.

COULD the type of milk you are drinking be leading to digestive discomfort?

A MURDOCH PhD student has investigated the factors affecting glycogen levels in the meat of animals.

THE CSIRO and the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have announced a breakthrough in the search for a sustainable source of industrial oils by genetically engineering a Super-High Oleic (SHO) variety of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius).

INSECTS may form a sustainable, nutritious alternative to meat in the effort to keep food production in pace with the planet’s booming population.

AGRICULTURAL research by the CSIRO has found allowing livestock to graze crops in winter can significantly increase farm earnings and efficiency, including in WA’s Wheatbelt.

ACCORDING to Gingin Vermin Action Group, an economic incentive to cull foxes and feral cats is needed to control the impact on farming and native wildlife which is currently under threat.

TRANSGENIC enhancement of salinity tolerance in wheat could potentially help Australian farmers reclaim part of the $2 billion deficit they face each year, due to salinity problems in over 69 per cent of arable land.