Agricultural businesses managed 53% of Australia’s total land area during 2013-14.
The area of land mainly used for crops (including vegetables, fruit, nuts, rice, cotton, grapevines, nurseries and land left fallow between crops) increased by 696,000 hectares, or 2.2%, to 32.3 million hectares when compared to 2012-13 estimates.
Approximately 37% of Victoria’s agricultural land was mainly used for crops. This was the highest proportion across all Australian state and territories.
Of the 406.3 million hectares of land managed by agricultural businesses, 12.1% or 49.3 million hectares were used for grazing on improved pastures.
Tasmania remained the state with the largest percentage of agricultural land classified as improved pasture for grazing (53.3%), with Victoria the second largest (41.8%).
The area of other land used for grazing (which includes natural pastures/grasslands, rangelands, woodland/shrub land, forested areas and swamps/wetland) represented 72.1% of the 406.3 million hectares of land managed by agricultural businesses.
Grazing on other land remained the major use of agricultural land in all states/territories with the exception of Victoria and Tasmania. The Northern Territory had the largest proportion of grazing on other land with 94.1%.
AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS (AAE) REGIONS
Subtropical Plains (AAE 04) reported the largest proportion of land used for agriculture (94.2%) whilst Temperate Coast South (AAE 05) reported the lowest proportion (25.1%).
Cropping was the most common use for agricultural land in Wheatbelt West (AAE 15) (55.3%), Wheatbelt Central (AAE 11) (40%), and Wheatbelt East (AAE 14) (35.5%).
Percent of land used for agricultural production, 2013-14
Land used for agricultural production as a proportion of land owned and operated by agricultural businesses
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