Crops

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development continues to support the growth and international competitiveness of all crop industries in Western Australia.

With a 2400 kilometre span from its tropical north to its temperate south, WA supports a broad range of cropping industries from rain-fed winter cereals through to irrigated horticultural crops.

In the 2012/13 year the WA cropping industries exported a total of $3.9 billion which comprised: $3.1 billion of cereals, $859 million of pulses, pastures and oilseeds, $142 million of horticultural crops. The major contributors to these exports were wheat ($2.7 billion), canola ($756 million), barley ($377 million), lupins ($42 million), carrots at $48 million, oats ($12 million), and strawberries at $5.5 million.

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  • Breakeven yields of grain crops

    13 June 2017

    Before committing resources to late sown or emerging crops, carefully consider its yield potential and risks to achieving that yield. If the expected yield is greater than the variable cost breakev

  • Canola in a paddock at different growth stages

    Making tough decisions about failed crops

    18 August 2017

    In poor growing seasons, crops may not be good enough to harvest.  Managers need to make some tough decisions, after assessing feed value for livestock, potential weed seed set, level of herbicide

  • Citrus gall wasp damage

    Citrus gall wasp control

    4 September 2017

    Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) is an Australian native insect from northern NSW and Queensland and is now established in most Perth suburbs.

  • Harvesting short, patchy crops

    Harvesting short, patchy crops

    5 September 2017

    Poor, dry seasons can cause crops (cereals, lupins and canola) to be patchy and short.

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    Seed dressing and in-furrow fungicides for canola in Western Australia

    7 June 2018

    Seed dressing and in-furrow fungicides contain active ingredients for the control or suppression of seed-borne diseases and some fungal root rots in canola.

  • Students from Western Australia College of Agriculture Harvey visiting DAFWA to learn about barley crops.

    Upper secondary education resources

    30 October 2013

    The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia supports the growth of Western Australia’s agrifood sector in four key areas: markets, productivity, profitability and people.

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    Western Australian pulse industry

    1 November 2013

    Pulses are a minor part of the cropping system in Western Australia accounting for about 1% of the total value of all broadacre grain production.

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    Registered foliar fungicides for cereals in Western Australia

    19 November 2013

    Which foliar fungicide active ingredients are registered for which cereal diseases in WA?

  • Carnarvon Floodplain Management Report

    16 February 2022

    The Carnarvon Floodplain Management Working Group report provides recommendations for investment into the management of the floodplain of the lower Gascoyne River to ensure profitable and sustainab

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    Primary Industries Development 2023 Research Trials Map

    22 January 2018

    In 2023, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is conducting more than 250 research trials across the state.

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