7100.1 - Agricultural Census: Nature and Content, 2015-16  
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APPENDIX B: AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 2015-16 CONTENT

Note all content listed below is still subject to testing (concepts and question wording) which will be finalised in early 2016. Confirmed final content for the Agricultural Census form as well as the final content for the 2015-16 Land Management Practices Survey will be released as an update to this paper in early 2016.

TOPICS AND MEASURE

LAND USE
  • Area
Land for conservation/protection
Land not used for agricultural production including houses etc.
Land for crops
Land for grazing – improved pastures
Land for grazing – other
Land under forestry – native
Land under forestry – plantation
Land for other agricultural purposes
Land sold/leased – including for continued agricultural use, urban development, mining and other or unknown uses

LIVESTOCK
  • Livestock numbers on holding
  • Eggs (production)
Dairy cattle – including cows in milk and dry, and various age splits
Meat cattle – including various age splits
Sheep and lambs – including various age splits, lambs marked and ewes mated
Pigs
Goats
Poultry
Egg production
All other livestock

HAY AND SILAGE
  • Area
  • Production
Lucerne cut for hay
Other pasture cut for hay
Cereal cut for hay
Other crops cut for hay
Pasture (including lucerne), cereal and other crops cut for silage

FRUIT
  • Trees/area bearing
  • Trees/area not yet bearing
  • Production
Grapefruits
Lemons
Limes
Mandarins
Oranges
All other citrus fruit
Apples
Pears (including Nashi)
All other pome fruit
Peaches
Nectarines
Cherries
Plums
All other stone fruit
Mangoes
Olives
Avocados
All other orchard fruit
Grapes for wine production
Grapes for all other uses
Strawberries
Blueberries
Other berries
Kiwi fruit
Bananas
Pineapples
All other fruit

NUTS
  • Trees bearing
  • Trees not yet bearing
  • Production
Almonds
Macadamias
All other nuts

TOTAL ORCHARD AREA
  • Area
Orchard fruit trees and nut trees

VEGETABLES
  • Area
  • Production
Carrots
Mushrooms
Onions (brown, white, red)
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Lettuces
Melons (including rock, bitter and water)
Capsicums (excluding chillies)
Beans (including french and runner)
Broccoli
Cauliflowers
Sweet corn
Peas
Pumpkins
Cabbages
Brussel sprouts
All other vegetables for human consumption

CEREALS AND OTHER CROPS
  • Area
  • Production
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Triticale
Sorghum
Rice
Maize
All other cereals for grain
Canola
Other oilseeds (including safflower, soybeans, sunflowers, sesame, linseed)
Peanuts in shell
Lentils
Lupins for grain or seed
Chickpeas
Mung beans
Faba beans (including tick, horse and broad)
Other pulses
Sugar cane – cut for crushing
Sugar cane – plant or other, not for crushing
Cotton lint – irrigated
Cotton lint – non-irrigated
All other crops (excluding fruit, nuts and vegetables for human consumption)

ORGANICS
Area of holding certified as organic, bio-dynamic or in-conversion
Percentage of fruit and/or nuts certified organic – area and production
Percentage of vegetables for human consumption certified organic – area and production

WATER
Sources – total water volume used from various sources
Purchase of extra water on temporary basis – total cost and total volume
Purchase of extra water on permanent basis – total cost and total volume
Annual irrigation water volumetric or usage charges – total cost
Use of water – area watered and volume of water used for various purposes

NURSERIES
Nurseries (undercover and outdoor)
Cut flowers (undercover and outdoor)
Cultivated turf (outdoor)
  • Area

FERTILISER
Fertilisers containing a nitrification inhibitor – area applied to, tonnes applied, litres applied
Slow release fertilisers – area applied to, tonnes applied
Nitrogen based and other fertilisers – area applied to, tonnes applied, litres applied, no. of applications
Cropping period in which nitrogen based fertilisers were applied – area applied to, tonnes applied, litres applied
Crop and pasture types that nitrogen based fertilisers were applied to – area applied to, tonnes applied, litres applied
Application methods used for nitrogen based fertilisers – area applied to

CROP AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT
  • Area
Cultivations – including zero, one, two and three or more cultivations for pasture and cropping
Crop stubble and/or trash management – including six crops and eight management practices

DEMOGRAPHICS
Relationship to business
Age
Gender
Length of time involved in farming

FARM MANAGEMENT
Sources of income – percentage breakdown