AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES
Number of Businesses with Agricultural Activity, by Industry(a)
2008 |
|
| Nursery Production (undercover plus outdoors)(b) | 804 |
| Turf Growing | ^366 |
| Floriculture Production (undercover plus outdoors)(b) | 775 |
| Mushroom Growing | ^120 |
| Vegetable Growing (undercover plus outdoors)(b) | 4 429 |
| Grape Growing | 6 062 |
| Kiwifruit Growing | *65 |
| Berry Fruit Growing | ^390 |
| Apple and Pear Growing | 896 |
| Stone Fruit Growing | 981 |
| Citrus Fruit Growing | 1 230 |
| Olive Growing | ^259 |
| Other Fruit and Tree Nut Growing | 3 837 |
| Sheep Farming (specialised) | 11 148 |
| Beef Cattle Farming plus Beef Cattle Feedlots (specialised) | 41 640 |
| Sheep-Beef Cattle Farming | 7 226 |
| Grain-Sheep or Grain-Beef Cattle Farming | 13 059 |
| Rice Growing | *46 |
| Other Grain Growing | 13 723 |
| Sugar Cane Growing | 3 758 |
| Cotton Growing | 294 |
| Other Crop Growing n.e.c. | ^836 |
| Dairy Cattle Farming | 8 792 |
| Poultry Farming (meat) | 862 |
| Poultry Farming (eggs) | ^417 |
| Deer Farming | *138 |
| Horse Farming | 1 697 |
| Pig Farming | 642 |
| Beekeeping | ^488 |
| Other Livestock Farming n.e.c. | ^616 |
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| Total Agricultural Industries | 125 594 |
| All Other Industries | 15 110 |
| Total All Industries | 140 704 |
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n.e.c. not elsewhere classified
^ relative standard error (RSE) between 10% and 25%
* RSE between 25% and 50%
(a) Count of agricultural businesses with an Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) of $5,000 or more.
(b) Classes have been merged where data were not collected in the Agricultural Resource Management Survey.
Source:
Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0)
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