4618.0 - Water Use on Australian Farms, 2007-08

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/05/2009

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Main Features Agricultural water use Irrigation water use Pastures and crops irrigated About this Release Water use on farms drops again, Murray-Darling farmers irrigate less: ABS (Media Release)	Information on irrigation practices on Australian farms was first collected in the Water Survey Agriculture 2002-03 and since then has been part of the annual Agricultural Survey or Census. Included in this issue are data on the type and area of crops irrigated and the volume of water applied. Data are available for each State, Natural Resource Management regions and the Murray Darling Basin. Some previous estimates are included for 2002-03 to 2006-07. Additional datacubes will be released at a later date as necessary. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.