7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2004-05
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/07/2006
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NSW accounts for almost all of the Australian rice crop. Rice production is undertaken in three areas: the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Coleambally Irrigation Area and the Murray Valley Irrigation Area. These three areas are in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Statistical Divisions. RICE FOR GRAIN, NSW, year ended 30 June
In 2004-05, 55% of all rice produced in NSW came from the Murray Statistical Division (185,000 tonnes). This was followed by the Murrumbidgee Statistical Division with 151,000 tonnes. RICE FOR GRAIN, PRODUCTION, 2004-05
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2005 Agricultural Survey.
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