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The Barley Site: a guide to barley production in Western Australia

WA Barley - Pests, weeds and diseases

Western Australian barley growers have a world-wide reputation for producing a reliable supply of high quality, contaminant-free barley. Over 1,500,000 tonnes of barley are produced annually in Western Australia and sold for malting, shochu production, human consumption or stock feed. Approximately 85% of Western Australian barley production is exported and the industry is an important participant in the international barley trade, particularly in the malting barley trade where it offers around one sixth of the worlds' traded malting barley.

Barley is an important grain industry in Western Australia, second in production only to wheat. It is an integral part of cropping systems due to its high yields, timeliness of on-farm activities, particularly seeding and harvest operations, as well as rotational benefits offering a break in leaf and root disease cycles. It currently offers a good profit margin in comparison to other cropping options and this has led to the doubling of barley production in Western Australia over the past 15 years.

This barley-based website contains information on many aspects of barley production in Western Australia. Use the site map below to guide you to all of the information links provided.

Barley Site Map

FIRST COMPILED BY - Roslyn Jettner and Pam Burgess from contributions by officers of the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
UPDATED IN 2006 BY - Richard O'Donnell, Alaina Smith and Blakely Paynter
CONTRIBUTORS - R. Jettner, B Paynter, M O'Connell, J Moore, V Stewart, K Jayasena, L Price, A Tarr, C Li, S Gupta, C Grime and S Broughton. Information from The Barley Book, edited by Kevin Young, and Farmnotes prepared by officers of the Department of Agriculture and Food have been used in compiling this site.
PHOTO CREDITS - R Jettner, R Loughman and other officers of the Department of Agriculture and Food.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - We would like to thank the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Grain Pool Pty Ltd and the Department of Agriculture and Food for financial assistance in preparing this site.

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Page updated: June 2006