7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2002-03  
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Production of sugar cane is a major component of Queensland agriculture and is carried out in most of the river flats in the fertile coastal valleys. Cultivation is intensive and irrigation is used wherever practicable, as in the Burdekin and Bundaberg areas. Harvesting in most districts begins about June and ends in November or December.

The 2002-03 agricultural commodity survey reported a production of 34.2 million tonnes of sugar cane from 423,000 hectares, resulting in an average yield of 80.9 tonnes a hectare for the season.

SUGAR CANE CUT FOR CRUSHING, Queensland, year ended 30 June
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Yield
t/ha
1997(a)
36,232
371
97.6
2001
25,867
382
67.7
2002
28,250
398
70.9
2003
34,231
423
80.9
(a) Year ended 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2002-03, 36% of all sugar cane cut for crushing produced in Queensland came from the Northern Statistical Division (12.4 million tonnes).
SUGAR CANE CUT FOR CRUSHING PRODUCTION, 2002-03
Statistical Division
'000 t
Brisbane
*252.3
Moreton
^447.9
Wide Bay-Burnett
3,795.5
Darling Downs
**
South West
-
Fitzroy
**
Central West
**
Mackay
8,459.1
Northern
12,376.4
Far North
8,603.7
North West
-
Queensland
34,231.3
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2003 Agricultural Survey.



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