7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2004-05  
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Grain sorghum and wheat are the main cereal grain crops grown in Queensland. In 2004-05, Queensland farmers produced 1.2 million tonnes of grain sorghum.

GRAIN SORGHUM, Queensland, year ended 30 June
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Yield
t/ha
2001
1,155.9
494.3
2.3
2002
1,247.3
562.1
2.2
2003
929.7
405.1
2.3
2004
1,296.3
519.3
2.5
2005
1,163.5
543.5
2.1
Source:Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


In 2004-05, 63% of all grain sorghum produced in Queensland came from the Darling Downs Statistical Division (733,000 tonnes). The next highest producing Statistical Division was the Fitzroy Statistical Division with 301,000 tonnes.

GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION, 2004-05
Statistical Division
'000 t
Brisbane
** 0.2
Moreton
^ 11.0
Wide Bay-Burnett
^ 31.8
Darling Downs
733.4
South West
^ 9.5
Fitzroy
^ 300.8
Central West
-
Mackay
^ 76.0
Northern
0.6
Far North
** 0.2
North West
-
Queensland
1,163.5
- nil or rounded to zero (includes null cells)
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2005 Agricultural Survey.



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