Agricultural progress on the Ord

Authors

D A. McGhie

Keywords

Agriculture, Production possibilities, Ord River region (W.A.), Western Australia

First Page Number

124

Last Page Number

126

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

This is the first of occasional articles describing the experimental and commercial activity on the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Against a background of extensive recources of land and water, a sometimes cimatic advantage and a complementary disadvantage of a remote location, agriculture on the Ord has swung from various monocultures to a broadly based and diversified production. In 1986, the value of agricultural production on the Ord will approach values equivalent to those of the cotton era for the first time since the demise of that industry 12 years ago.

Recommended Citation

McGhie, D A. (1986) "Agricultural progress on the Ord," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 27: No. 4, Article 8.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol27/iss4/8