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.

See Also

Previous Pause Next

Articles

  • Harvested field pea crop

    Field pea stubble: Wind erosion control and grazing management

    24 April 2013

    Extensive wind erosion of field pea stubble often follows grazing over summer and autumn. Semi-leafless field pea varieties have reduced lodging, improved pod-height and reduced pod-shatter.

  • A bunch of green bananas

    Gascoyne Food Bowl Initiative

    22 November 2013

    The Gascoyne Food Bowl Initiative (GFBI) was established in 2012 to increase horticultural production in the area, matched with borefield development.

  • NULL

    Jujube irrigation recommendations

    6 April 2017

    Jujubes (or Chinese dates) are a new horticultural industry in Western Australia. This page outlines recommendations for irrigating jujubes in WA.

  • Ben Biddulph frost research

    Extreme weather events tool

    2 August 2016

    The extreme weather events tool uses data from DPIRD's extensive weather station network to map extreme temperatures, either below or above a specified threshold.

  • Mobile connectivity

    Mobile Connectivity - regional telecommunications

    13 November 2018

    The State Government is committed to improving mobile connectivity in regional Western Australia, through its Regional Telecommunications Project (RTP) and the Regional Mobile Communications Projec

  • NULL

    Pasture legumes and grasses for saline land

    14 February 2018

    Saline lands in Western Australia (WA) often suffer winter waterlogging, with the levels of salinity and depth to watertable varying markedly both spatially and between seasons.

  • New grant available to grower groups and agricultural colleges.

    Funding available under new WA IoT DecisionAg grant program

    27 August 2018

    Fifteen projects will share in $582,800 in funding through the eConnected Grainbelt Project’s new WA Internet of Things (IoT) DecisionAg Grant Program.

  • Photograph of a canola field with a stunning cloudy sky backdrop.

    Seasonal climate information

    14 November 2013

    The Departmentof Primary Industries and Regional Development provides up-to-date information about the coming season and its potential impacts on cropping and agriculture.

  • Nozzles for spraying herbicides

    Water quality for spraying

    12 June 2014

    Water quality can influence the efficacy of chemicals used in spraying crops and pastures.

  • NULL

    Buffel and birdwood grasses

    26 September 2013

    Buffel and birdwood grasses (Cenchrus ciliaris and C. setiger) are introduced species found in the Western Australian rangelands.

Pages

Filter by search

Filter by topic