1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/04/2004   
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In terms of area and production, cutting pastures for hay is the most significant cropping activity in Tasmania. Pasture is cut for hay throughout the State, occurring about equally in the north west and north east but to a lesser extent in the south.

To counter Tasmania's seasonal conditions and unreliable rainfall, farmers conserve hay to supplement pasture and natural sources of stockfeed.

PASTURES CUT FOR HAY, Tasmania
Production
Area

Years ended 31 March
'000 t
'000 ha
1996
267
61
1997
216
52
1998
207
52
1999
250
57
2000(a)
222
51
(a) Year ended 30 June.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (Cat. no. 7113.0).