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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  • Honey bee visiting an apple flower

    Recommendations for successful apple pollination

    6 November 2013

    Pollination is one of the keys to profitable apple production. As a general rule, apple varieties are not self-fertile and will not set a full crop without a compatible polliniser.

  • dark red skinned apple

    Apples and flavonoids

    26 August 2015

    Leading horticulture and medical researchers have teamed up to explore how ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ and ways to breed new, healthier apples in Western Australia.

  • Pansy spot on apple

    Thrips pests in pome and stone fruit

    16 December 2013

    Thrips are small (1-2mm), slender insects, just visible to the naked eye which are an economic pest of pome and stone fruit.

  • Magnet MED device

    Medfly area-wide management project: interim results

    27 February 2014

    'Management of Medfly without cover sprays' is a three-year project jointly funded by Fruit West, Horticulture Australia Ltd, Summerfruit Australia, and the Department of Agriculture and Food, West

  • Bird netting covering rows of apple trees.

    More Dollars per Drop: apple demonstration

    14 October 2013

    Some promising early results are emerging from the More Dollars per Drop apple demonstration site at the Lysters' orchard at Manjimup.

  • Magnesium deficiency symptoms on apple leaves

    Trace element treatments for apple and pear trees

    19 May 2014

    Symptoms of zinc, copper, manganese and magnesium deficiency are often seen in apple and pear trees in Western Australian orchards.

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