The report Western Australia Vegetable Industry Benchmarks has been published primarily for the benefit of Western Australian vegetable growers and those involved in the Western Australian vegetable industry. The 2017–18 vegetables WA & Planfarm benchmarks are derived from a number of businesses located across Western Australia.
This report is the analysis of the 2017–18 financial year results, at the end of this report the 2017–18 results are compared back to the updated 2016–17 results. For the 2017–18 benchmarking, the growers were ranked on their vegetable operating profit per vegetable cropped hectare. Vegetable operating profit per hectare is calculated by taking vegetable operating costs away from vegetable enterprise income, with any other enterprise expenses and income removed. This allows for growers to be ranked on the profitability of their vegetable enterprise.