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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Primary Industries Development 2022 Research Trials Map

22 January 2018

In 2022, the department is conducting more than 300 research trials across the state from Kununurra in the north to Esperance in the south.
Identification of aphids in lupin crops

13 December 2012

Aphids reduce yields by direct feeding damage which causes flower and pod abortion and occasionally plant death in lupins.
Diagnosing mouse damage in narrow-leafed lupins

19 January 2015

Mice are seasonal pests that can affect any crop. Usually they favour paddocks with high stubble retention.
Management of aphids in Western Australian lupin crops

13 December 2012

The extent of damage varies between seasons, but losses can be severe in years that favour aphid population development.
Crop diseases: forecasts and management

11 December 2013

Information is provided here to assist management of diseases and viruses that occur in broadacre crops grown in Western Australia - cereals (wheat, barley, oats and triticale), pulses (field pea,
Cockchafer damage to broadacre crops

14 October 2013

Cockchafers belonging to the genus Heteronyx are typically not regarded as a pest of agriculture. However, two have been seen as occasional pests, with H.
MyCrop how to video series

31 August 2016

This series of video tutorials has been produced to provide advice about the best ways to monitor and sample crops to diagnose and overcome constraints to crop production.
Diagnosing lucerne seed web moth in lupins and peas

19 January 2015

The larvae of the lucerne seed web moth (Etiella behrii - also called Etiella web moth) is an infrequent pest of peas and lupins.
Diagnosing onion maggot in lupins and peas

19 January 2015

Onion maggot (Delia platura, incorrectly known as bean root maggot fly) rarely affects young lupin and pea crops sown into green decomposing organic matter.
Diagnosing thrips in lupins

19 January 2015

Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) and plague thrips (Thrips imagines) are 2mm long, cigar shaped and range in colour from yellow-orange to dark grey.