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

Pasture manipulation - for grass control

30 April 2015

Pasture manipulation is the application of herbicides for grass control early in the growing season (autumn or early winter).

It is often the preferred option for grass control.
Soil testing for high rainfall pastures in Western Australia

2 July 2019

Soil testing and plant analysis are valuable tools to diagnose constraints to crop and pasture production.
Fertiliser nitrogen for intensively grazed dairy pastures

4 April 2014

The Greener Pastures project was set up to assist the Australian dairy industry meet the two major challenges in managing high performing pasture systems: maintaining profitability while meeting th
Fertiliser sulphur for intensively grazed dairy pastures

4 April 2014

The Greener Pastures project was set up to assist the Australian dairy industry meet the two major challenges in managing high performing pasture systems: maintaining profitability while meeting th
Managing soil acidity in intensively grazed dairy pastures

4 April 2014

The Greener Pastures project was set up to assist the Australian dairy industry meet the two major challenges in managing high performing pasture systems: maintaining profitability while meeting th
Nutrient losses from intensively grazed dairy pastures

4 April 2014

The Greener Pastures project was set up to assist the Australian dairy industry meet the two major challenges in managing high performing pasture systems: maintaining profitability while meeting th
Deferred grazing calculator

7 April 2015

Deferred grazing is a tactic where stock are excluded from pasture areas to maximise germination and establishment of annual pasture seedlings.
Barley grass

3 February 2011

Barley grass is a common name for Hordeum glaucum and H. leporinum.
Water salinity and plant irrigation

8 April 2014

Irrigating crops with saline water can result in yield loss and decreased quality.
Signal grass

24 July 2014

Signal grass is a warm season (C4) sub-tropical grass but it is not recommended for sowing either alone or as a component of species mixtures in Western Australia due to a high risk of causing seco