7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2003-04

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Grain Sorghum

Grain sorghum and wheat are the main cereal grain crops grown in Queensland. In 2003-04, Queensland farmers produced 1.3 million tonnes of grain sorghum.

GRAIN SORGHUM, Queensland, year ended 30 June


	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha

1997(a)	1,003.3	423.9	2.4
2001	1,155.9	494.3	2.3
2002	1,247.3	562.1	2.2
2003	929.7	405.1	2.3
2004	1,296.3	519.3	2.5

(a) Year ended 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2003-04, 62% of all grain sorghum produced in Queensland came from the Darling Downs Statistical Division (805,200 tonnes).

GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION, 2003-04


Statistical Division					'000 t

Brisbane					** 0.3
Moreton					^ 8.7
Wide Bay-Burnett					^ 25.4
Darling Downs					805.2
South West					* 27.0
Fitzroy					^ 290.5
Central West					0.2
Mackay					^ 137.3
Northern					** 0.6
Far North					* 1.1
North West					-

Queensland					1,296.3

^ 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% and is considered too unreliable for general use
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2004 Agricultural Survey.