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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  • Barley grass in crop

    What are our emerging weed problems?

    5 April 2016

    Western Australia has seen major changes to the agronomic system, including a drying climate, more intensive cropping rotations and the widespread adoption of no-till.

  • Martin Harries kneeling in a wheat crop

    Focus paddocks 2014 trial report

    18 September 2014

    Management of weeds, disease and nitrogen nutrition are ongoing challenges that limit yield potential.

  • Brome grass

    Brome grass

    3 February 2011

    Brome grass (Bromus diandrus and B. rigidus) is one of the most competitive grass weeds in wheat.

  • Boom spray applying chemical over pasture paddock

    Oats: weeds and integrated weed management

    28 November 2013

    Oats are more competitive with weeds than most other crops but weed control is still critical, particularly in hay crops as weeds can cause downgrading or rejection of export hay.

  • Improving the best practice integrated weed management package 2013 trial report

    8 January 2014

    This trial examines the positive impact of crop competition, crop type rotation and the mouldboard plough on weed management.

  • Weed type and cover

    5 February 2014

    In crop weed control using herbicides often accounts for a high proportion of costs in growing a profitable crop.

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