7123.4.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, South Australia, 2001-02

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Wheat growing in South Australia is virtually restricted to the belt between the 200 and 450 millimetre rainfall zones in the period April to November. In 2001-02, South Australian farmers produced 4.8 million tonnes of wheat.

WHEAT FOR GRAIN, South Australia, years ended 30 June


	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha

1997(a)	2,795	1,535	1.8
2001	4,162	1,976	2.1
2002	4,778	1,987	2.4

(a) Year ended 31 March.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2001-02, 36% of all wheat produced in South Australia came from the Eyre Statistical Division (1.7 million tonnes).

WHEAT FOR GRAIN PRODUCTION, 2001-02


Statistical Division					'000 t

Adelaide					**
Outer Adelaide					^ 183.6
Yorke and Lower North					1,403.8
Murray Lands					572.9
South East					170.4
Eyre					1,739.3
Northern					705.2

South Australia					4,778.5

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001-02 Agricultural Commodity Survey.

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