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Agricultural Commodity Census/Survey
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Information is collected on the agricultural activity of businesses with an Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) above a specified level ($5,000 since 1993/94 Census). Data are available for all ASGC regions, by industry, by EVAO, type of commodity and specified size ranges (e.g. herd sizes).
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Major commodity categories are:
- area of holding
- pastures
- broadacre cropping
- vegetables
- fruit
- vineyards
- artificial fertilisers and soil conditioners used
- irrigation
- livestock
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Additional information can be obtained on certain commodities which are listed below:
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- apples and pears
- beekeeping
- cotton
- hops and tobacco
- nurseries, cut flowers and cultivated turf
- potatoes
- vineyards
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A census of agriculture has been conducted every year from 1840.
As from 1997/98, the census will be conducted every five years with a survey conducted in the intervening years.
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Products and services available
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Agriculture, Australia (7113.0)
Principal Agricultural Commodities, Australia (7111.0)
Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia (7503.0)
AgStats on Floppy Disk (7117.0)
AgStats on CD-ROM (7115.0)
Agriculture, Western Australia (7113.5)
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The ABS can make available certain data which are not contained in publications. A wide variety of unpublished agricultural data are available. Examples include:
- all commodities data by individual shire
- a mapping service using the ABS Geocode program which allows you to specify your area of interest, independent of shire boundaries
- size tables showing area of holdings by area of wheat
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Information can be transferred to various spreadsheet packages such as Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel. For more information, please contact our Information Services team.
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