The Limestone Coast is an area of over 21,000 square kilometres containing a very diverse range of industry sectors which makes for a robust and expanding business community. The economy capitalises on the region’s significant groundwater resources. It is built from traditional agriculture based activities, but has now expanded to include forestry, manufacturing, tourism, engineering, transport, retail, health, education and service industries.
It is largely characterised by fertile soils, reliable rainfall and significant groundwater resources. The region provides excellent grazing for livestock and productive conditions for cropping viticulture, forestry and dairy production.
Canola is grown for oil production and for crop rotation with other pasture, cereal and grain legume crops. Canola yields have consistently shown to be superior following a pasture phase, due to the build up in available nitrogen. Cereals crops have most commonly been grown after canola because of the highly effective disease break that canola provides.