Growing & Harvest Calendar
What's grown and picked across the Mallee / Sunraysia region, month by month — so you can see when harvest is on, what's in season, and when seasonal work is available.
Harvest timing varies with seasonal conditions, variety and district. The ranges below are typical for the Mallee and Sunraysia regions of north-west Victoria. Broadacre crops (wheat, barley, canola, pulses) are concentrated in the southern shires — Buloke, Yarriambiack and Gannawarra.
What's grown where
Fruit & vines Nuts Vegetables Broadacre & grain Dairy
- Mildura, Red Cliffs, Irymple, Merbein & Cardross: Citrus (oranges, mandarins, lemons), table grapes, dried vine fruit (sultanas & raisins), avocados, olives, and vegetables — melons, tomatoes, asparagus.
- Robinvale, Wemen & Boundary Bend: Almonds, table grapes, pistachios and citrus along the Murray.
- Swan Hill, Nyah & Lake Boga: Wine grapes, table grapes, citrus, almonds and broadacre cropping.
- Kerang, Cohuna & Koondrook (Gannawarra): Broadacre cropping and dairying, with some horticulture.
- Buloke & Yarriambiack southern shires: Broadacre grain & pulses — wheat, barley, canola, lentils, chickpeas — around Wycheproof, Charlton, Donald, Birchip, Sea Lake, Warracknabeal, Hopetoun and Murtoa.
In season now — August (Winter)
Citrus — late mandarins, lemons, grapefruit Avocados Asparagus (spring crop begins)
Fruit & vines Nuts Vegetables Broadacre & grain
January
Summer- Table grapes
- Stone fruit — peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums
- Melons — rockmelon, watermelon, honeydew
- Tomatoes
- Pumpkins
- Wine grapes (early varieties)
February
Summer- Table grapes (peak)
- Almonds
- Wine grapes — vintage
- Dried grapes — sultanas, raisins, currants
- Pistachios
- Melons
- Tomatoes
- Pumpkins
March
Autumn- Table grapes (late)
- Wine grapes — vintage finishes
- Almonds
- Dried grapes
- Pistachios
- Melons
- Pumpkins
- Olives (early)
April
Autumn- Citrus — navel oranges begin
- Olives
- Avocados
- Pumpkins
- Late melons
May
Autumn- Citrus — oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruit (peak begins)
- Avocados
- Olives
June
Winter- Citrus — peak harvest
- Avocados
July
Winter- Citrus — oranges, lemons, grapefruit
- Avocados
August
Winter · now- Citrus — late mandarins, lemons, grapefruit
- Avocados
- Asparagus (spring crop begins)
September
Spring- Asparagus
- Citrus — lemons, late oranges
October
Spring- Asparagus (peak)
- Broadacre — canola and barley harvest begins
- Carrots
- Citrus — lemons
November
Spring- Broadacre — wheat, barley, canola, lentils, chickpeas
- Stone fruit — early peaches and apricots
- Carrots
- Onions
- Asparagus (tail)
December
Summer- Broadacre — wheat and barley harvest finishes
- Stone fruit — peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums
- Carrots
- Onions
- Early tomatoes