Agricultural Data For Australia

1950 to Current Data

Introduction

This site contains data on Australian Agriculture from 1950 to the present.  There is data for Australia and for each State.  The purpose of the site is to show trends. To view the data click on the highlighted underlined category.

The data is shown as a time series line graph with a 5 year moving average trendline.  The value of each years data is shown in a table. The source website has been moved from a PC to a Mac platform. Data for 2023 is currently being uploaded

The most important outcome from the trends revealed by the data is : what the trends show about the dynamics of Australian Agriculture over the period covered by the data to date. See ANALYSIS below.

ANALYSIS
What trends show about the dynamics of Australian Agriculture over the period covered by the data, to view click  HERE



Crops
Go to   Crops   Area sown, production and value of production; graphs & data

Livestock
Go to  Livestock   Numbers, production and value of production; graphs & data

Structure of Agriculture
Go to  Number & Type of Farms   Number of establishments / businesses with agricultural activity, graphs & data.

Value of production
Go to  Gross Value of Production   Gross value of Production, crops and livestock

Data for each State
Go to   States Graphs & data

Total Agriculture
Go to   Total Agriculture    Total Agriculture data

The Author For information on the qualifications of the author of the site, click  here

Agriculture Statistics
Other data and data for other products is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website,   click here   go to "Statistics"; "Catalogue Number" "7.Agriculture".

Modernising ABS Agricultural Statistics

In 2023 the ABS made the following announcement.

The ABS will no longer undertake large agricultural surveys, including the annual Rural Environment and Agricultural Commodities Survey and the 5 yearly Agricultural Census.
Instead, the ABS will use existing data from government, industry, and commercial sources to produce official agricultural statistics for the 2022-23 financial year onwards.
These existing data sources will be complemented by a small number of short surveys of agricultural businesses.
This new approach to producing agricultural statistics aims to reduce reporting burden on farmers and increase the range and regional detail of agricultural statistics.
AgEc Data Last Updated 31 May 2023
Site prepared by Bob Cason (rgcason@webone.com.au)Email for more information