7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2002-03  
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Queensland's tropical and subtropical climate makes it Australia's main producer of a variety of broadacre crops, vegetables, citrus, tropical and exotic fruits. The normally moist summer conditions, compared with the relatively dry summers in other states, have contributed to a considerable increase in the production of summer-growing crops such as grain sorghum, peanuts, sunflowers and soybeans.

PRINCIPAL CROPS, Queensland, 2002-03
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Yield
t/ha
Sugar cane cut for crushing
34,231.3
423.4
80.9
Bananas(a)
231.9
8.4
27.7
Pineapples(a)
104.7
2.6
40.1
Tomatoes
^94.0
^2.6
36.1
Watermelons
^71.8
^2.7
26.2
(a) For bananas and pineapples, area refers to the bearing area only. Yield is based on the bearing area.
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).




This section contains the following subsection :
        Bananas
        Grain sorghum
        Pineapples
        Sugar cane
        Tomatoes
        Watermelons
        Wheat

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