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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  • DPIRD regional agronomist standing in tall canola crop

    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

  • Image of wheat head following misting of water in the glasshouse

    Wheat grain quality - falling number and pre harvest sprouting resistance

    8 May 2014

    Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is a common quality constraint of wheat that can result in downgrading of grain quality upon receival.

  • Cover of the 2023 WA Crop Sowing Guide showing Peter Cowan in his canola crop before harvest at Mt Walker

    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.

  • Cover of the 2022 WA Crop Sowing Guide with Rod and Andrew Messina of Mullewa in front of their seeding rig

    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.

  • Harvesting short, patchy crops

    Harvesting short, patchy crops

    5 September 2017

    Poor, dry seasons can cause crops (cereals, lupins and canola) to be patchy and short.

  • Frosted wheat crop

    Management options for a frosted crop

    2 November 2016

    Frost is difficult to manage. It has a significant economic and emotional impact on the whole community.

  • An air seeder seeding on stubble

    Frost risk – manage wheat variety and sowing time

    14 December 2010

    Wheat is highly susceptible to frost damage between ear emergence and flowering – often termed reproductive frost.

  • Bulletin 4897 cover

    2019 canola variety guide for Western Australia

    2 July 2014

    The DPIRD Canola variety guide for Western Australia 2019 has been developed to assist growers compare canola varieties. It provides a summary of yield, oil and blackleg resistance of commercially

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    Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS)

    15 October 2013

    The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food ind

  • Flaxleaf fleabane on the south coast of WA

    Summer weeds

    17 January 2014

    Summer weeds can rob subsequent crops of soil nitrogen and stored soil water. They can also reduce crop emergence by causing physical and/or chemical interference at seeding time.

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