Queensland's tropical and subtropical climate makes it Australia's main producer of a variety of broadacre crops, vegetables, citrus, tropical and exotic fruits. The normally moist summer conditions, compared with the relatively dry summers in other states, have contributed to a considerable increase in the production of summer-growing crops such as grain sorghum, peanuts, sunflowers and soybeans.
PRINCIPAL CROPS, Queensland, 2004-05
|
 | Production
'000 t | | Area
'000 ha | | Yield
t/ha |
|
| Sugar cane cut for crushing | 35,290.4 | | 410.7 | | 85.9 |
| Bananas | 237.5 | | 8.5 | | 27.9 |
| Pineapples | 104.0 | | ^ 2.7 | | 37.9 |
| Tomatoes | ^ 85.8 | | ^ 2.7 | | 32.1 |
| Watermelons | ^ 72.2 | | ^ 2.6 | | 28.1 |
|
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).
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