| Barley Production1,South Australia, '000 tonnes | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Production | 289 | 379 | 382 | 587 | 646 | 417 | 558 | 771 | 398 | 854 | 269 | 958 | 483 | 408 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Production | 552 | 611 | 420 | 537 | 281 | 670 | 691 | 742 | 1047 | 509 | 793 | 1134 | 1094 | 889 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Production | 592 | 1423 | 1528 | 1158 | 1227 | 668 | 1817 | 1836 | 1686 | 1592 | 1261 | 1036 | 1724 | 1506 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Production | 1882 | 1855 | 2242 | 1159 | 1851 | 1923 | 2027 | 2051 | 1409 | 2320 | 2782 | 1440 | 2691 | 1979 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Production | 2548 | 996 | 1672 | 1877 | 2068 | 2122 | 1816 | 1791 | 1892 | 1941 | 1719 | 3002 | 1861 | 1615 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 1995 | 2395 | 2146 | 2783* | 1876* | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| 1Includes 6 row and 2 row barley. | ||||||||||||||
| *production sold | ||||||||||||||
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||