7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2002-03
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/08/2004
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An estimated 139.0 million hectares or 80% of Queensland's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2002-03. Just under 2% of Queensland's agricultural land was used for cropping. LAND USE, Area, Queensland, at 30 June
(b) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed, and pastures and grasses. (c) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more. (d) Non-agricultural land is the difference between agricultural land as reported in the Agricultural Survey and total area of the state or territory. It comprises conserved land, forestry, urban and unused land such as vacant Crown land, commercially unused land on Aboriginal and other Crown reserves and waste land, ephemeral lakes and mangrove swamps, as well as establishments not included in the scope of the Agricultural Survey/Census. Note: Agricultural land is generally divided into cropped land, land sown to pastures and grasses and a broad balance comprising grazing land, land lying idle or under fallow, etc. Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).
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