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The dry spring has hit WA crops harder than initially thought, although good quality is making up for...

The dry spring has hit WA crops harder than initially thought, although good quality is making up for...

The dry spring has hit WA crops harder than initially thought, although good quality is making up for...

Pandemic labour shortages and rising input costs are not expected to dent a record $78 billion year for the agriculture sector and farmers hope they will have a third record-breaking year in 2022-23.

Record plantings, early rain and a global shortage of oilseed crops could set up West Australian farmers for a $2 billion canola harvest.  Farmers across Australia are expected to sow almost 2.9 million hectares of canola, with more than half of that to be planted in Western Australia.  As the canola price soared, most West Australian farmers enjoyed strong season-opening rain, allowing them to increase their canola planting area to 1.5 million hectares.  It's a crop which Grain Industry Association of WA  crop report author Michael Lamond said could be worth $2 billion at harvest time.