South Australia's grain producers have produced their seventh crop in a row above the state's 10-year average.

The state's total 2015/16 winter crop was 7.2 million tonnes with an overall value of $1.6 billion.

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However, grain account manager for Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) Dave Lewis said crop performance was not uniform, with the west of the state making up for the tough season experienced in the south-east.

"It is a tale of two parts of the state; one part doing quite well, which is generally the west, and the south particularly, the upper south-east, which produced about 50 per cent of their average," Mr Lewis said.

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South Australia's 10-year average grain production is currently 6.9 million tonnes and Mr Lewis said, given seven of the 10 years have been above average, it could influence the average.

"I've got to do the calculations to see what the impact of a 7.2 million tonnes crop is [but] we might see it marginally move up," he said.

Overall, there was 4.3 million tonnes of wheat produced, 2 million tonnes of barley and even though there was less area planted to canola, 293,000 tonnes were produced.

Screenings were quite high due to a hot, dry spring that diminished the crop's ability to properly fill the grain.

"It affected yield variably across the state and in many areas of the state the decreased grain size led to quality issues with some of the crop," Mr Lewis said.

Growers are getting reading to start winter sowing soon and Mr Lewis said early indications suggested lentils would be a popular crop this year.

"South Australia is also now Australia's largest producer of lentils, and we may see further increase in area sown in the mid-north and Yorke Peninsula," he said.

"In those areas, field peas have been traditionally the pulse crop of choice.

"We might expect to see them decline, which has been a long term trend for the field peas.

"However, in terms of wheat and barley, there's no indication of significant swings either way, although there could be some increase in canola in parts of the state given farmers are getting more confident with the crop."