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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  • weaner sheep in a paddock at the breeak of season.

    Annual pasture quantity and quality in South West Western Australia

    26 November 2013

    The productivity of sheep is largely governed by the amount of pasture they eat and this is influenced by the quantity of the pasture on offer and its quality.

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    Grazing crops for extra winter feed in Western Australia

    26 November 2013

    Grazing crops can dramatically increase feed availability in early winter, and help avoid the effects of frost and disease.

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    Deferred grazing calculator

    7 April 2015

    Deferred grazing is a tactic where stock are excluded from pasture areas to maximise germination and establishment of annual pasture seedlings.

  • Barley grass seed heads are tall and upright making them more prone to lodging in wool and sheep’s eyes as they graze.

    Managing grass seeds in sheep

    25 November 2013

    Grass seeds may cause a number of serious production and health problems in sheep, including eye damage. Wool affected by grass seed has reduced demand value.

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    Consol lovegrass

    22 July 2014

    Consol lovegrass is a persistent, drought-tolerant, tufted perennial suited to well drained, sandy and loamy soils.

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    EverGraze project

    26 November 2013

    Established in 2003, EverGraze was designed to develop, test and implement new farming systems based on perennials in a range of environments across the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.

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    Straw itch mites

    10 October 2013

    Severe skin itching in humans can be caused by bites from species of straw itch mite.

  • Grower Group Research and Development (R&D) Grants Round 2

    4 July 2017

    Congratulations to the below list of recipients for Grower Group Research and Development (R&D) Grants Round Two, part of the Agriculture Sciences Research and Development Fund, made possible b

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    Going organic - what you need to know

    25 October 2013

    Organic farming is a popular pursuit especially for small landholders interested in sustainable production.

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