WAFarmers president Tony York said the budget made a strong commitment to WA's agricultural sector.
"We are pleased with Treasurer Mike Nahan's acknowledgement that the WA agriculture and food industry sector is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges," Mr York said.
"The commitment of an additional $50 million towards the Seizing the Opportunity Agriculture initiative, which will now equate to $276m over the next four years, and $3.78 billion over four years through Royalties for Regions, will undoubtedly support agricultural economic growth.
"We are also pleased that funding for the Department of Agriculture and Food has been held at the same level for the next 12 months, which guarantees the department resources to complete its strategic review.
"The budgetary statement indicates there must be a greater focus on service delivery, infrastructure investment and economic development to ensure a profitable, innovative and sustainable agrifood sector that benefits WA, and we believe the 2016-2017 budget has, for the most part, delivered."
But Pastoralists and Graziers Association president Tony Seabrook believed the budget would mean little to farmers.
"The really significant things that may have happened, happened, and the things we have been asking government for, including the reduction in payroll tax and stamp duty and land transfers hasn't happened," Mr Seabrook said.
"These are aggressive taxes and have a huge impact on the cost of production and it affects everyone.
"None of these should go up any more than the Consumer Price Index and they have, this is a serious issue.
"The budget was mostly window dressing."
Mr Seabrook said the government should re-evaluate its financial plans if it was serious about the sector being competitive in a world market place.
"They need to stop jacking up costs in the system," he said.
"It is wrong to add to the cost of production and wonder why these industries are not flourishing."
Mr Seabrook said he was disappointed in the size of State deficit, predicted to increase to $3.9b in 2016-17.
"They have had 12 months to climb on top of that, but to come out with a record deficit means they are not really addressing the fundamental issues," he said.
"Other generations will have to pay for that so it is a bad outcome from this point of view."
Mr Seabrook said the budget contained a lot of promises it might not be able to keep.
"The key message is, they haven't addressed the issues we have been hammering them for years over," Mr Seabrook said.
"Overall, it was no better than last year."
Some of the key industry features in the State Budget include a payroll tax-free threshold increase from $800,000 to $850,000 from July 1, 2016; $20m towards the WA Open for Business project to increase trade and investment in the regional sector; $6.7m over five years to for the WA Biodiversity Science Institute; an additional $326m for the Perth Freight Link; recurrent expenditure of $4.9m over next four years to support pest and weed management; and $4m in four years for an Animal Welfare Review report.
