DPIRD

CROPPING

New website promotes Aussie lupins

Australian "lupin beans" promoting through new website.

05 January 2024

AGRIBUSINESS

DPIRD appoints new Director General

Heather Brayford is the new Director General of DPIRD.

30 September 2022

PARTNER CONTENT

Pathways to carbon neutrality in the West

The DPIRD has been researching & funding to reduce carbon footprint & promote climate resilience.

09 February 2022

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Smart ways with smart phones

DPIRD working on ways to use smart phones for pest data

21 May 2019

AGRIBUSINESS

WA Farmers welcomes new funding

Support for an end to budget cuts

09 May 2019

CROPPING

WA farms found to have excess phosphorus

Testing reveals south west soils are rich in phosphorus

28 March 2019

CROPPING

Coating seeds with soil wetters

How lessons from the turf industry are helping WA farmers

08 March 2019

ON-FARM

Growers on alert for tree sparrow

WA producers asked to report any sightings

10 January 2019

PARTNER CONTENT

Building a Resilient Digital Ecosystem for all Australians

Telstra is committed to creating a resilient digital ecosystem that benefits all Australians, with a particular focus on enhancing regional connectivity and leveraging advanced technologies.

PARTNER CONTENT

Drought, Fires, and Floods Haven't Stopped WA-Based Business Expansion

CW Imports continues to expand its reach across Australia

PARTNER CONTENT

Utrisha N: The new biostimulant boosting broadacre yield potential

Extensive trials conducted across Australia show boosted yields in a wide range of

PARTNER CONTENT

Maximise your nitrogen use efficiency

Losing nitrogen to the environment can be costly.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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Research Report: Mobile Phones (December 2025)

With the closure of Telstra’s 3G network, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put several popular 4G phones to the test to see how they stacked up. Our standard test protocol applied over the past two decades was maintained as each handset was measured by the maximum distance a two-way call could be made from a phone tower.

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Research Report: Side-by-side Vehicles (November 2025)

Kondinin Group’s research team dives into the side-by-side market for this report, looking at popular diesel models, a few petrol versions and a couple of electric vehicles.

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Research Report: Farming Inputs (October 2025)

Inputs are unavoidable in any farming system. This Research Report focuses on several key farming inputs with a view to maximising outputs, production and profit.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayer Testing (September 2025)

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli have rounded up five of the latest self-propelled sprayers to cast a discerning eye over them for this month’s Research Report. The sprayers were run over our regular test track and thoroughly inspected to see what makes these million-dollar machines tick.