7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2002-03

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In Victoria, winter cereals such as wheat, barley and oats are the principal crops grown in terms of area and production. In recent years however, alternative winter crops such as canola and field peas have been introduced to the crop rotation in some areas.

Victoria also produces a range of small-area intensive fruit and vegetable crops.

PRINCIPAL CROPS, Victoria, 2002-03


	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha

Barley for grain	478.4	777.5	0.6
Canola	176.7	247.8	0.7
Field peas for grain	^21.3	132.4	^0.2
Oats for grain	250.1	188.1	1.3
Wheat for grain	890.2	1,238.9	0.7

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

This section contains the following subsection :
Apples
Pears
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Viticulture
Wheat