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APPENDIX 1 - DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITY GROUPS
This appendix provides a description of the specific agricultural commodities that are included in each category (note that the specific data items collected on the Agricultural Census/surveys vary slightly from year-to-year).
CEREALS FOR GRAIN/SEED
This commodity group includes:
- Wheat for grain
- Oats for grain
- Barley for grain
- Sorghum for grain
- Maize for grain
- Millet for grain
- Triticale for grain
- All other cereals for grain or seed
In 2005-06 and 2006-07, 'Other cereals for grain' included maize and triticale, 'Other legumes for grain' included chickpeas, field peas, faba and other field beans, lentils, vetches, etc., and 'Other oilseeds' included safflower, soybeans and sunflowers. In 2007-08, these items were collected as 'All other crops n.e.i.'.
CEREALS FOR HAY
Commodity description: Cereals (including wheat, oats, and forage sorghum) cut for hay.
PASTURES FOR HAY
This commodity group includes the following:
- Lucerne pasture for hay
- Other pasture for hay
PASTURES FOR SEED
This commodity group includes the following:
- pastures for seed production
COTTON
This commodity group includes:
- seed cotton
- cotton lint
SUGAR CANE
This commodity group includes:
- sugar cane for crushing
- sugar cane for plants
OTHER BROADACRE CROPS
This commodity groups includes the following:
- Mung beans
- Other field beans
- Soybeans
- Hops
- Fennel (bitter)
- Lupins for grain
- Oil poppies
- Peanuts
- Field peas for grain
- Chickpeas for grain
- Popcorn for grain
- Canola
- Safflower
- Sesame
- Sunflower
- Tobacco
- Vetches for seed
- Lentils
- Coriander
- Faba beans (incl. tick, horse and broad)
- Pyrethrum
- Peppermint
- Lavender
- Crops (excl. cereals) for hay
- All other crops (excluding vegetables for seed and human consumption, fruit and grapevines)
In 2005-06 and 2006-07, 'Other cereals for grain' included maize and triticale, 'Other legumes for grain' included chickpeas, field peas, faba and other field beans, lentils, vetches, etc., and 'Other oilseeds' included safflower, soybeans and sunflowers. In 2007-08, these items were collected as 'All other crops n.e.i.'.
FRUIT (includes fruit trees, nut trees, plantation and berry fruits; excludes grapevines)
This commodity group includes:
- Oranges - navel
- Oranges - valencia
- Oranges - other
- Grapefruit
- Lemons
- Limes
- Mandarins
- All other citrus
- Apples - trees 6 years and over
- Apples
- Pears (excl. Nashi) - trees 6 years and over
- Pears (excl. Nashi)
- Nashi pears - trees 6 years and over
- Nashi pears
- All other pome fruit
- Apricots
- Avocados
- Carambola
- Cherries
- Custard apples
- Dates
- Jackfruit
- Guava
- Mangoes
- Nectarines
- Olives
- Peaches (processing)
- Peaches (fresh)
- Plums
- Prunes
- Rambutan
- All other stone fruit
- All other orchard fruit
- Almonds (kernel weight)
- Cashews
- Macadamia
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Nuts nec
- Black currants
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Bananas
- Kiwi fruit
- Papaws / Papaya
- Pineapples
- All other fruit
VEGETABLES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND SEED
NURSERIES, CUT FLOWERS AND CULTIVATED TURF
This commodity group includes the following:
- Cultivated turf
- Nurseries
- Cut flowers
PRODUCTION FROM SHEEP
This commodity group includes the following:
- wool
- sheep and lambs slaughtered
PRODUCTION FROM OTHER LIVESTOCK
Other livestock includes the following:
- domesticated buffalo
- goats (domesticated) - only included in 2003-04 and 2004-05 Agricultural surveys
- all other livestock - total number (not included from 2003-04 onwards)
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