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.

Articles

Barbera wine grapes in Western Australia

28 October 2013

Barbera is an old Italian wine variety that has consistently performed well in trials in Manjimup, Western Australia with wines viewed favourably by wine judges and consumers.
Water salinity and plant irrigation

8 April 2014

Irrigating crops with saline water can result in yield loss and decreased quality.
Calculating Readily Available Water

7 November 2013

Scheduling irrigation requires an understanding of how much water your soil can hold and how much of that water your crop can use.
Citrus irrigation recommendations in Western Australia

7 November 2013

Irrigation is one of the most important factors in producing a good yield of quality citrus.
Soil moisture monitoring to fine-tune irrigation scheduling

13 November 2013

Determining how water moves through soil and is used by plants following irrigation is difficult.
Furmint and Kadarka wine grapes in Western Australia

27 November 2013

The Furmint and Kadarka varieties of wine grapes were identified by the wine industry as having potential for future development of premium Western Australian wine and were planted for evaluation i
Avocado maturity testing using dry matter

26 September 2013

Fruit must meet minimum quality levels to meet consumer expectations and encourage return purchases.
Specific gravity of potato tubers

25 September 2014

To produce potatoes with high specific gravity follow good agronomic practices. Use high quality seed of the correct variety. Plant the variety at the right spacing and time of year.
Arneis wine grapes in Western Australia

28 October 2013

Arneis is an emerging variety in the Australian wine industry, with commercial plantings established in eastern states.
Alternative wine grape evaluation in Manjimup

16 December 2013

Since 1998 the Department of Agriculture and Food in conjunction with the Western Australian Vine Improvement Association has imported more than 60 new varieties and clones of wine grape material.