Crop & 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

Summary

  • Harvest was completed in most districts by end of December.
  • Crop production is estimated at 7.76 million tonnes, fourth largest crop on record.
  • Crop value is estimated at $1.6 billion at farm gate, down due to lower prices particularly wheat and barley.
  • Crop area is a record for South Australia at 4.13 million hectares.
  • Rain in some regions during harvest caused some grain quality issues, but much less than last harvest.

2011/12 Harvest (PDF 730.3 KB, released 12 January 2012)

Past Current Season 2011/12 Reports:


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 Crop Seeding Intentions (PDF 279.5 KB)

Past 2010/11 Crop Reports:

2010/11 Crop Performance Summary and Final Crop 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 Crop Seeding Intentions (PDF 197.8 KB)

Past reports:

View all Crop and Pasture Reports archived back to 2002.