Irrigated crops

In areas such as the Ord River Irrigation Area in northern Western Australia, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is working with industry in trialling new varieties and agronomic systems for both existing and potentially valuable new crops.

The main crops of current interest include the health food quinoa, rice which is showing considerable potential if disease and variety problems can be overcome, sugar cane which will be the basis of new developments on Ord Stage 2, and cotton which is based on genetically-modified varieties.

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    Ord River Irrigation Expansion Stage 3: Cockatoo Sands, Western Australia

    26 November 2013

    This page and attached reports are part of the assessments for expansion of Ord River Irrigation in Western Australia’s Kimberley region: the 6000 hectares of red loamy soils – the Cockatoo Sands –

  • Photograph of hand extruding a soil ribbon to estimate a texture class

    Estimating soil texture by hand

    27 February 2014

    Estimating or measuring soil texture provides valuable information about soil properties affecting crop and pasture growth. Soil texture affects the movement and availability of air, nutrients and

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    Ord River development and irrigated agriculture, Western Australia

    27 November 2013

    Tropical agriculture on the Ord River in Western Australia's Kimberley region began in 1941.

  • Healthy green carrot crop growing in a paddock

    Climate change and horticulture in Western Australia

    1 April 2016

    Climate change will affect horticultural production in Western Australia (WA) in a number of ways, and the effects will depend on location, soil type, crop type and management.

  • View across the Mantinea Development area to House Roof Hill on the opposite bank of the Ord River, north-east of Kununurra in the East Kimberley

    Ord River Irrigation Expansion – Mantinea Development area, Western Australia

    19 May 2015

    This page summarises the preliminary soil and groundwater resource assessment findings for the Mantinea Development area, part of the Goomig farmlands in the Ord River Irrigation Expansion Stage 2,

  • Canola and wheat growing in Western Australia

    Climate-ready agriculture in Western Australia

    21 March 2016

    All agricultural industries in Western Australia will need to deal with some level of climate change in the coming decades. The effects of climate change will vary regionally and by enterprise, wit

  • Growing the Pilbara details the findings of the Pilbara Hinterland Agricultural Development Initiative (PHADI). It delivers a prefeasibility level assessment of the irrigation development opportunities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

    Irrigation in the Pilbara

    16 January 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is planning for the future of irrigated agriculture development in the Pilbara

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    Irrigation design for agriculture

    22 January 2016

    Irrigation design and management affects performance, yield and quality of crops.  Irrigation design determines the efficiency and effectiveness of water use, and therefore influences the profitabi

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    IrrigateWA

    16 October 2015

    IrrigateWA is an irrigation app that will assist with the implementation of correct irrigation scheduling for a variety of crops, regions and soil types in Western Australia.

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    Using dye to show water movement below drip irrigation

    14 November 2013

    Water movement patterns on the soil surface may not be a good guide to what is happening below the surface and can lead to inefficient irrigation.

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