7101.0 - Ag Mag - The Agriculture Newsletter, May 2009

Ag Mag \| the agriculture newsletter



	Welcome Includes: Update from head of Agriculture program on funding and future projects Increased appropriation for ABS in the Budget restores funding to Agriculture program


	2007-08 Agricultural Commodities Includes: Information about release of the publication Agricultural Commodities, Australia Continuing effects of drought see sheep numbers at lowest level since 1920


	2007-08 Land Management and Farming Includes: Information about release of the publication Land Management and Farming Zero tillage now accounts for nearly two thirds land prepared for crops and/or pasture


	2007-08 Water Use on Australian Farms Includes: Information about release of the publication Water Use on Australian Farms Irrigated water use fell 18% in 2007-08


	2008-09 Agriculture Survey Includes: Proposed content and output of ABS's major agriculture collection this year Wide range of commodity and water use data to be collected


	Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia Includes: Information on monthly publication of data on stocks and use of wheat Estimates combine data from three separate surveys plus administrative wheat export data


	Experimental Estimates of the Gross Value of Irrigated Agricultural Production (GVIAP) Includes: Information on and highlights of estimates of GVIAP for 2006-07 Irrigated land produced 34% of total production value on 0.5% of land


	Great Barrier Reef Rescue Project Includes: New survey of land management practices in catchments of the GBR Information for program to reduce decline in water quality reaching the reef

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