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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  • Annual ryegrass

    Annual ryegrass

    6 October 2011

    Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) is one of the most serious and costly weeds of annual winter cropping systems in southern Australia.

  • Bromus diandrus infestation in a mature crop

    Management of brome grass

    20 March 2014

    Brome grasses (Bromus spp.) are highly competitive weeds, most problematic in wheat crops.

  • Wheat with Yellow Spot

    Wheat disease ratings

    22 June 2014

    When selecting a wheat variety to implement in a farming system, it is important to be aware of the variety's disease package to plan management options. The disease resistance ratings for wheat va

  • 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.

  • Feathertop Rhodes grass in sorghum

    Weed Seed Wizard details

    15 August 2012

    The Weed Seed Wizard is a computer simulation tool that uses paddock management information to predict weed emergence and crop losses.

  • Dr Ben Biddulph at the frost research trial taking observations with crop monitoring equipment

    Fighting frost damage in cereals

    12 February 2013

    The department is a key partner in the Grains Research and Development Corporations' (GRDC) National Frost Initiative (NFI) which aims to provide the Australian grains industry with targeted resear

  • 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.

  • Bluegreen aphid on yellow flowering bud of lupin

    Identification of aphids in lupin crops

    13 December 2012

    Aphids reduce yields by direct feeding damage which causes flower and pod abortion and occasionally plant death in lupins.

  • Participants at the Muresk forum

    Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund forum 

    20 December 2021

    The Hon Alannah MacTiernan MLC convened a forum at the Muresk Institute to discuss priorities for the Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund.

  • Harvest

    Crop weeds: Hygiene - prevent weed seed introduction

    29 May 2012

    ‘Risk-aware’ growers can implement strategies to reduce and avoid unnecessary introduction and spread of weeds.

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