Crops
Queensland's tropical and subtropical climate makes it Australia's main producer of a variety of broadacre crops, vegetables, citrus, tropical and exotic fruits. The normally moist summer conditions, compared with the relatively dry summers in other states, have contributed to a considerable increase in the production of summer-growing crops such as grain sorghum, peanuts, sunflowers and soybeans.
PRINCIPAL CROPS, Queensland, 2003-04
|
 | Production
'000 t | | Area
'000 ha | | Yield
t/ha |
|
| Sugar cane cut for crushing | 33,552.7 | | 413.6 | | 81.1 |
| Bananas(a) | 226.1 | | 8.4 | | 26.8 |
| Pineapples(a) | 110.4 | | 2.7 | | 41.5 |
| Tomatoes | ^ 125.0 | | ^ 3.5 | | 35.8 |
| Watermelons | * 90.8 | | ^ 2.4 | | ^ 37.4 |
|
(a) For bananas and pineapples, area refers to the bearing area only. Yield is based on the bearing area.
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).
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