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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  • Harvester in wheatfield with rainbows.

    Carbon Neutral Grain Pilot Project

    17 March 2022

    Calculating carbon emissions in Western Australia's grains industry

  • Legacy weather stations and radar

    5 December 2018

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) network of automatic weather stations and radars throughout the state provide timely, relevant and local weather data to assi

  • Western Australian oat industry

    1 November 2013

    The oat industry delivers nearly $200 million to the state economy each year through oats for human consumption and feed.

  • Four girls walking

    Aboriginal Economic Development - what we deliver

    21 June 2023

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) builds the capacity of Aboriginal people to become entrepreneurs, skilled employees and leaders through bespoke projects and ta

  • Grain being loaded into container ship at Esperance port in Western Australia

    Western Australian wheat industry

    1 November 2013

    Wheat is the major grain crop produced in Western Australia making up 65% of annual grain production and generating A$2-5 billion for the State economy each year.

  • A loaf of bread made with lupin flour, sitting on a bed of Australian sweet lupin seed.

    Western Australian lupin industry

    1 November 2013

    Lupins are uniquely suited to the acid and sandy soils found across large tracts of the Western Australian wheatbelt and play an important role in breaking cereal disease cycles and adding fixed ni

  • Gloved hand handling punnet of strawberries

    Quality assurance schemes for food in Western Australia

    15 January 2014

    Western Australia has an enviable food safety record underpinned by widespread uptake of food safety programs.

  • Weather stations and radar

    12 November 2013

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's (DPIRD) network of automatic weather stations and radars throughout the state provide timely, relevant and local weather data to assi

  • Vineyard

    Emerging wine grape varieties: opportunities, barriers and potential

    20 November 2013

    DPIRD has evaluated a number of emerging wine grape varieties for their suitability for production in Western Australia.

  • A photograph of vegetables produced using an organic production system.

    Sensitive sites in Western Australia

    16 December 2013

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development operates a sensitive sites service to identify the locations of sensitive commercial production systems across Western Australia's agri

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