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.

Articles

Regional research agronomy project

31 May 2016

'Regional Research Agronomy' is the abbreviated working title for the 'Building crop protection and crop production agronomy research and development capacity in regional Western Australia' project
2023 WA Crop Sowing Guide

27 October 2022

The Crop Sowing Guide for Western Australia is a one stop shop for variety information on all the major crops grown in WA.
Windmill grass

23 May 2012

Windmill grass (Chloris truncata) is a native species and is the tenth most common summer weed species in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
Annual ryegrass

6 October 2011

Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) is one of the most serious and costly weeds of annual winter cropping systems in southern Australia.
Management of brome grass

20 March 2014

Brome grasses (Bromus spp.) are highly competitive weeds, most problematic in wheat crops.
Wheat disease ratings

22 June 2014

When selecting a wheat variety to implement in a farming system, it is important to be aware of the variety's disease package to plan management options. The disease resistance ratings for wheat va
2022 Crop Sowing Guide for WA

8 November 2021

The crop sowing guide for Western Australia is a one stop shop for variety information on all the major crops grown in Western Australia.
Weed Seed Wizard details

15 August 2012

The Weed Seed Wizard is a computer simulation tool that uses paddock management information to predict weed emergence and crop losses.
Fighting frost damage in cereals

12 February 2013

The department is a key partner in the Grains Research and Development Corporations' (GRDC) National Frost Initiative (NFI) which aims to provide the Australian grains industry with targeted resear
2018 Frost trials and seasonal information

17 April 2018

This page hosts the 2018 frost trial information, handy project resources and the frost severity maps (from August).