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

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.
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.
Calculating harvesting losses

18 August 2017

Serious grain losses at harvest reduce the profitability of crops. Grain can be lost at a number of places during harvest.
Cropping after paddock fires

8 March 2022

Limiting erosion and stabilising your paddocks will be a priority after a fire.
Claying to ameliorate soil water repellence

25 January 2011

Claying involves adding and incorporating clay-rich subsoil into water repellent topsoil to overcome the repellence.
FlowerPower

31 January 2012

FlowerPower is an online tool to predict cereal flowering dates (or cutting dates for oats) in your location.
Essentials for a successful wheat crop

1 September 2017

Variety choice and variety management are key factors for profitable wheat production and this 'essentials' guide provides a guide to assist with these decisions.
Tactical Wheat Agronomy for the West

14 March 2017

In 2018, over 10million tonnes (estimated) of wheat was harvested in Western Australia.
Barley variety fact sheets

11 April 2016

Comparing the latest barley varieties with commonly grown, established varieties can be confusing.
2019 Barley variety sowing guide for Western Australia

7 October 2014

Assisting barley growers to make the right variety decision for their farming system.