Agricultural and Horticultural Land Suitability for the West Wimmera Shire Volume 2

The West Wimmera Shire is a major regional shire located along the Victorian/South Australian border. The shire is predominantly rural based with broadacre cropping, mixed farming and grazing as the major agricultural industries. Other industries such as clover seed production and potatoes have developed, using groundwater as an irrigation source.

The West Wimmera Shire (external link) in conjunction with Business Victoria (external link) commissioned the former Department of Natural Resources and Environment to identify suitable areas for new agricultural enterprises.

This report conducted by N M Baxter, J R Williamson & A J Brown of the former Department of Natural Resources & Environment of Agricultural and Horticultural Land Suitability for the West Wimmera Shire, completed in 1997, brings together broad information on the land, soil, climate and groundwater resources, and links this with known information on the preferred growth requirements of a range of crops and pastures to identify areas that are suitable for growth. The suitability assessment for a crop/pasture is based on best management practices. The suitability classification (1-3) is based on major limitations that will decrease productive potential or result in detrimental environmental effects both on-site and offsite.

Related report: Agricultural and Horticultural Land Suitability for the West Wimmera Shire Volume 1

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	Front page and Table of Contents (PDF 282KB)
	Chapter 6 - Detailed descriptions of Land Systems, Land Units and Land Suitability (PDF 31KB) 6.1 Overview 6.2 Land Systems 6.2.1 Big Desert - 1 land system (PDF 1.3MB) 6.2.2 Big Desert Transition - 2 land system (PDF 390KB) 6.2.3 Stranded Beach Ridges - 3 land system (PDF 590KB) 6.2.4 Northern Cracking Clay Plains - 4 land system (PDF 210KB) 6.2.5 Grey and Red Plains and Rises - 5 land system (PDF 1.2MB) 6.2.6 Limestone Rises - 6 land system (PDF 499KB) 6.2.7 Self-Mulching Clay Plains - 7 land system (PDF 332KB) 6.2.8 Little Desert Transition - 8 land system (PDF 495KB) 6.2.9 Little Desert - 9 land system (PDF 238KB) 6.2.10 Southern Cracking Clay Plains - 10 land system (PDF 420KB) 6.2.11 Yellow Gum Plains and Rises - 11 land system (PDF 1.1MB) 6.2.12 Red Gum Plains and Rise - 12 land system (PDF 635KB) 6.2.13 Sand Plains and Rises - 13 land system (PDF 905KB) 6.2.14 Dissected Tablelands - 18 land system (PDF 462KB) 6.2.15 Lunettes - 14 land element (PDF 50KB) 6.2.16 Intermittent Swamps - 15 land element (PDF 43KB) 6.2.17 Permanent Water Bodies - 16 land element (PDF 11KB) 6.2.18 Swamp and Lake Complex - 17 land element (PDF 574KB)
	Chapter 7 - Bibliography (PDF 13KB)
	Appendix 1 - Glossary (PDF 97KB)
	Appendix 2 - Methods (PDF 32KB)
	Appendix 3 - Working tables for land suitability class Wheat (PDF 1.8MB) Canola (PDF 1.9MB) Chickpeas (PDF 1.8MB) Lentils (PDF 1.8MB) White clover seed (PDF 1.8MB) Viticulture (PDF 1.8MB) Apples (PDF 1.9MB) Potatoes (PDF 1.8MB) Sweet corn (PDF 1.8MB) Lucerne for seed production (PDF 958KB) Onions (PDF 1.8MB) Carrots (PDF 1.8MB) Radiata pine (PDF 1.7MB) Blue gum (PDF 1.8MB)
	Appendix 4 998/97-1023/97 (PDF 1.0MB),1024/97-1047/97 (PDF 1.0MB), 1048/97-1072/97(PDF 1.0MB), 1073/97-1095/97 (PDF 1.0MB), 1096/97-1123/97 (PDF 1.0MB), 1124/97-1147/97 (PDF 991KB), 1148/97-1172/97 (PDF 1.1MB), 1173/97-724/97 (PDF 1.0MB), 717/97-728/97 (PDF 898KB)