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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    Nitrogen for high rainfall pastures in Western Australia

    7 May 2020

    Nitrogen application is common and profitable in dairy cattle grazing rotations and may also be profitable for strategic applications in beef grazing and for hay production.

  • An inventory and condition survey of the Western Australian part of the Nullarbor region

    Rangeland inventory and condition survey of the Nullarbor region, Western Australia

    22 October 2013

    The Western Australian part of the Nullarbor region was surveyed between 2005 and 2007. The report provides land managers, advisers and administrators with a baseline record of the natural resource

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    Land management complaints in Western Australia

    3 December 2013

    Members of the public can lodge a complaint about observed land management with the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation in Western Australia, and the Commissioner will then investigate the c

  • Controlled Traffic Farming with sprayer on permanent tramlines

    Developing a controlled traffic (tramline) farming system

    6 January 2011

    Controlled traffic farming (CTF) is a farming system built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated.

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    Dryland salinity science

    21 November 2013

    Salt is a natural component of land, water and ecological systems in Western Australia. Large areas of naturally saline land (primary salinity) were present before European settlement.

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    Potassium for high rainfall pastures in Western Australia

    29 October 2013

    Potassium deficiency can lead to loss of clover content and severely limit production of high rainfall.

  • Growing the Pilbara details the findings of the Pilbara Hinterland Agricultural Development Initiative (PHADI). It delivers a prefeasibility level assessment of the irrigation development opportunities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

    Irrigation in the Pilbara

    16 January 2014

    The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is planning for the future of irrigated agriculture development in the Pilbara

  • Soil sample for Irwin hydrological assessment

    Soil testing for high rainfall pastures in Western Australia

    2 July 2019

    Soil testing and plant analysis are valuable tools to diagnose constraints to crop and pasture production.

  • MySoil

    31 January 2012

    MySoil is a simple tool to identify soil types. Growers can use soil identification to improve soil management and reduce the impact of soil constraints.

  • Spreading lime onto spring pasture at South Bodallin.

    Applying lime

    27 November 2013

    If you are deep-ripping, ploughing or spading to remove subsurface compaction or another constraint, it is a good idea to incorporate lime in the same operation.

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