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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  • Blackleg canker in canola

    Managing blackleg in canola

    5 December 2013

    Blackleg is the most regularly occurring, serious disease of canola in Western Australia.

  • Small conical snail on canola seedling

    Will anything repel conical snails?

    30 March 2020

    No treatment in this trial effectively repelled small conical snails.

    No treatment caused significant mortality of conical snails over 21 days when compared to the nil treatment.

  • Hoverfly larva feeding on an aphid

    Know what beneficials look like in your crop

    31 March 2014

    Beneficials are insects and pathogens that kill crop pests, they are also referred to as 'natural enemies' or 'biological control agents' of pests.

  • Alex Douglas and Kevin Walsh in the paddock with the Weed Seed Wizard

    Weed Seed Wizard case studies

    15 August 2012

    The Weed Seed Wizard is a computer simulation tool that helps you understand and manage weed seedbanks on your farm.

  • Yellow spot appears as tan elongated lesions with yellow margins, with leaf dying back from tip

    Managing yellow spot and septoria nodorum blotch in wheat

    5 December 2013

    Leaf spot diseases affecting wheat in Western Australia are septoria nodorum blotch, yellow spot and septoria tritici blotch.

  • Adult spur-throated locust

    Spur-throated locust: insecticide spraying guide

    4 March 2014

    This page provides information on chemical control for the spur-throated locust in Western Australia.

  • Boom spray

    Herbicide application

    18 January 2011

    Herbicides can be applied by a variety of means including boom sprayers, aerial spraying, misters, blanket wipers, rope wick applicators, weed seekers and back-pack sprayers.

  • Capeweed flower head

    Capeweed reduces crop yield

    4 February 2011

    In Western Australia, competition from 7-90 capeweed plants per square metre in a wheat crop can reduce crop yield by 28-44% and net return by 25-76%.

  • Baling crop residue directly from the header

    Crop weeds: weed management at harvest

    29 May 2012

    This management strategy provides an opportunity to control weed seed set in the pasture and during harvest.

  • Doublegee seedling

    Doublegee

    3 February 2011

    Doublegee or spiny emex is a significant weed in Western Australia. It is a vigorous annual herb with a strong tap root and a long, fleshy, hairless stem.

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