Crop and pasture reports

PIRSA publishes a report on the condition of Crops and Pastures in South Australia every second month. During the cropping season estimates of the area and production for each crop and district are also provided with the report. The report is assembled by regionally based Rural Solutions SA consultants under contract to PIRSA Agriculture, Food, Wine and Forestry Division, Grains Industry Development.

The estimates are quality checked from a number of sources. Occasionally adjustments are made. The table in the current report has the updated estimates which may vary slightly from tables in previous year's reports on this site.

Latest report

2012/13 Seeding Intentions  (PDF 995.8 KB)

Summary

  • Patchy opening, with many areas waiting for more rains to consolidate the start
  • Some southern parts of the cereal zone had good rain late April
  • Seeding is underway with many districts dry seeding some of their crop
  • Farmers intend to sow 5 to 10% more canola, but less wheat, barley
  • Farmers leaving more cropping paddocks to pasture reducing overall crop size

Past season 2011/12 reports

2011/12 Final Summary and Estimates (PDF 608.6 KB)
2011/12 Harvest (PDF 720.3 KB)
2011/12 Spring Conditions and Crop Performance Update (PDF 730.3 KB)
2011/12 Winter Crop Performance (PDF 663.0 KB)
2011/12 Seeding and Crop Establishment (PDF 664.6 KB)
2011/12 Seeding Intentions (PDF 279.5 KB)

Past 2010/11 crop reports

2010/11 Final Summary and Estimates (PDF 555.7 KB)
2010/11 Harvest (PDF 390.9 KB)
2010/11 Spring Conditions and Crop Performance Update (PDF size 236.5 KB)
2010/11 Winter Crop Performance (PDF 228.6 KB)
2010/11 Seeding and Crop Establishment  (PDF 226.5 KB)
2010/11 Seeding Intentions (PDF 197.8 KB)

Past reports

View all Crop and Pasture Reports archived back to 2002.

Crop Reporting Districts Map