7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2002-03

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Grain sorghum and wheat are the main cereal grain crops grown in Queensland. In 2002-03, Queensland farmers produced 929,700 tonnes of grain sorghum.

GRAIN SORGHUM, Queensland, year ended 30 June


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

1997(a)	1,003.3	423.9	2.4
2001	1,155.9	494.3	2.3
2002	1,247.3	562.1	2.2
2003	929.7	405.1	2.3

(a) Year ended 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2002-03, 68% of all grain sorghum produced in Queensland came from the Darling Downs Statistical Division (636,100 tonnes).

GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION, 2002-03


Statistical Division					'000 t

Brisbane					-
Moreton					^7.7
Wide Bay-Burnett					^37.2
Darling Downs					636.1
South West					*5.7
Fitzroy					^148.6
Central West					-
Mackay					^93.1
Northern					0.2
Far North					*1.1
North West					-

Queensland					929.7

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2003 Agricultural Survey.