Last
year, Australians spent
$789.1 million on beef.
Moreover, expenditure on
beef and veal accounted
for 7.74% of all food and
beverage expenditure in
Australia.
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Domestic Market: Australian
Food Service Trends 2008.
Australian
beef - to the world market
The consumption of beef
accounts for 24.7% of world
meat consumption.
- Barnard, P. Meat - Prospects
for Products and Markets,
Meat & Livestock Australia
2008.
Australia
exports 65% of its total
beef production - some 1,395,000
tonnes-a-year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Australia's
total beef exports are worth
$4.3902 billion-a-year -
predominantly
exported to Japan (49.9%),
the US (31.3%), Korea (9.9%),
and Taiwan (2.7%).
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Australian
live cattle exports are
worth $327.7 million-a-year
- predominantly exported
to Indonesia (63.2%), Malaysia
(7.6%), and The Philippines
(9.1%).
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Some
80% of the live cattle exported
from Australia are shipped
out of WA and the Northern
Territory.
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Fast Facts 2008: Australia's
Beef Industry.
Despite
Australia producing 2.6%
of the world's cattle, and
accounting for just 3.6%
of the world's beef supply,
Australia is the second
largest beef exporter in
the world (behind Brazil).
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Fast Facts 2008: Australia's
Beef Industry
There
are 620 cotton farms in
Australia. Of these, 260
are in NSW and 360 are in
Queensland.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Australian
cotton farms are generally
between 500 and 2,000 hectares
in area, technologically-sophisticated
and highly-mechanised.
- Cotton Research &
Development Corporation
2004.
Nationally,
563,000 tonnes of cotton
was produced over an area
of 304,000 hectares in 2008.
The breakdown by State follows:
NSW: 314,000 tonnes
160,000 ha QLD: 249,000
tonnes
144,000 ha
-Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural
Commodities 2008.
COTTON
The
total value of Australian
cotton production (both
lint and seed) is $872.6
million-a-year. By State,
NSW cotton is worth $470.9
million and Queensland cotton
$401.6 million.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced 2004-05.
In
2008-06, 84% of the Australian
cotton crop was grown under
irrigation.
- Australian Cotton Industry
Council 2008.
Increase
water use efficiency has
resulted in a 4% increase
in cotton yielded (over
2008-06 compared to 2004-05),
from the same area planted
- around 335,000ha.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
In
2004-05, Australia recorded
world record yields of 2,038kg/ha
(9.2 cotton bales per hectare).
This was three times the
world average of 732 kg/ha.
The next highest yielding
countries were Syria (1,571
kg/ha), Mexico (1,312kg/ha)
and Turkey (1,289 kg/ha).
- International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
Australian
cotton - biotechnology &
the environment...
Over last 10 years, the
innovative application of
biotechnology has reduced
overall insecticide use
by a massive 70% through
the rapid adoption of Integrated
Pest Management practices.
- Cotton Research &
Development Corporation
2008.
The
cotton industry uses two
types of transgenic cotton:
Bollgard II® (from the
naturally occurring soil
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt)), and Roundup Ready®
(from the soil bacterium
called Agrobacterium tumefaciens).
- Cotton Australia, Biotechnology
2008.
Over
95% of Australia's cotton
growers planted transgenic
cotton in 2004/05, producing
approximately 80% of the
total national crop. Australian
cotton farmers' investment
in gene technology has been
integral to the economic
and environmental sustainability
of the cotton industry.
- Cotton Australia, Biotechnology
2008.
Australian
cotton - to the world market...
Australian cotton farmers
are world-leaders, renowned
as reliable suppliers of
the highest quality cotton.
- Cotton Australia, Cotton
in Australia 2008.
In
terms of the value and volume
of Australian cotton exports,
in 2004-05 raw cotton brought
in $770 million (420 kilo
tonnes) and cottonseed $55
million (214 kilo tonnes).
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
cotton accounts for around
3% of world production,
but represents between 5%-10%
of the world's cotton exports*.
World cotton exports run
at about 6 million tonnes,
which is equivalent to about
30% of world production**.
In
fact, despite China, the
USA, India, Pakistan and
Brazil accounting for nearly
75% cent of the world's
cotton production in 2004-05,
Australian cotton ranked
in the top four exporting
nations - with the USA,
Uzbekistan and Brazil*.
*International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
**Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the UN, Agricultural
Commodities 2002.
A
massive 97% of cotton grown
in Australia is exported*,
mainly to Asian spinning
mill customers in China,
Indonesia, Thailand, Korea
and Japan**.
*Australian Cotton Shipping
Association 2004.
**International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
DAIRY
There
are 10,374 dairy farms in
Australia. The national
herd is 3,056,000 dairy
cows and calves.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Australian
dairy farmers produce 10,075
million litres of milk a
year*, with the gross value
of milk production being
$3,194,000. The gross value
per State and Territory
follows ($M)**. NSW: $400.3
SA: $203.9
VIC: $2,079.9 WA: $107.5
QLD: $216.9 TAS: $185.4
*Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry, Australian
Food Statistics 2004.
**Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced 2004-05.
Dairy
is the third largest agricultural
industry in Australia, valued
at $2.8 billion at the farm
gate, and is our third largest
food manufacturing sector.
In terms of the utilisation
of Australian milk, the
share of volume produced
follows: Cheese (37%), Skim
milk, Powder, Butter (21%),
Milk (19%), Whole milk powder
(15%), and Other (8%).
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Dairy
cattle farming employs 20,125
people throughout Australia.
The level of employment
per State and Territory
follows: NSW: 5,050
VIC: 9,225
QLD: 1,225
SA: 2,375
WA: 1,225
TAS: 1,025
-
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Australian
dairy - to the world market...
Over half of Australia's
annual dairy production
is sold on world markets.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
The
value of Australian dairy
exports reached $2.286 billion
last year. Dairy products
are often substantially
and elaborately transformed
into other products such
as milk and cream processing,
and ice cream products (see
graph below for the relative
their export values by level
of transformation).
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
The
export value ($M) of dairy
on a State-by-State basis
is: NSW: $94
VIC: $1,899
QLD: $90
SA: $46
WA: $70
TAS: $84
-
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Exports
in specialised dairy ingredients
have been rising. For example,
over the past decade the
volume of casein and whey
product exports has doubled.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Australia
accounts for 13% of the
world trade in dairy products,
behind the European Union
(34%) and New Zealand (32%).
- Dairy Australia, Australian
Dairy Industry In Focus
2008.
The
top six key markets for
Australian cheese exports
include Japan, Saudi Arabia,
Netherlands, United States,
Korea and Indonesia*, with
Asia emerging as a key expanding
market for Australian dairy
exports**.
*ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
**Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
DRIED
FRUIT
Australian
dried fruit growers are
predominantly dotted along
the Murray River in the
Sunraysia Region (around
Mildura) and Swan Valley
Region (around Swan Hill)
in Victoria and NSW, and
the Riverland Region (around
Waikerie and Renmark) in
SA. With a relatively small
group in the Bindoon Region
of WA.
- Australian Dried Fruit
Association, Dried Grape
Production Manual, 2008.
The
total number of dried grape
growers in Australia, by
state is: VIC 575
NSW 99
WA 62
SA 20
Nationally 756
-
Horticulture Australia,
Dried Grape Quality Centre,
2008.
The
total Australian dried grape
varieties and volume (delivered
tonnes) of production in
2008 are: Sultanas 22,687
Natural Sultanas 746
Currants 2,726
Raisins 1,317
Sunmuscats 1,829
Others 110
Total 29,415
-
Horticulture Australia,
2008.
Typical
annual Australian dried
fruit production is 31,000
tonnes per year, with a
farm-gate value of some
$45 million.
- Mildura Region Economic
Profile, June 2008.
95%
of Australia's dried fruit
is produced in the Mildura
Region of Victoria and NSW.
Its success is attributable
to the dry climate, soil
type and irrigation systems
in the region.
- Mildura Region Economic
Profile, June 2008.
On
average, each Australian
eats 2kg-3kg of dried fruit
per year.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Since
1996 many dried fruit growers
have left the industry and
invested in the popular
wine industry. In 1992,
growers produced more than
91,000 tonnes of sultanas,
whereas in 1999 production
dropped to around 22,000
tonnes.
- Landline, Dried Fruits
Regain Their Appeal, 2000.
Producing
around 30,000 tonnes per
year with annual production
valued at $88 million, Australia
is the world's seventh largest
producer of dried fruits
- behind Turkey (250,000
tonnes), the United States
(190,000), Iran (120,000),
India (56,000), Afghanistan
(45,000), Chile (45,000)
and South Africa (37,000).
- Australian Dried Fruit
Association, Dried Grape
Production Manual, 2008.
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics, 2004.
Total
Australian dried fruit exports
in 2003-04 totalled 6,800
tonnes and was valued at
$17 million. This is considerably
lower than the value of
dried fruit exported in
1996-97 totalling $62 million.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics, 2004.
In Australia, 33,969,000
tonnes of grain is produced
each year (i.e. cereal crops
primarily including barley,
grain sorghum, maize, oats,
triticale and wheat), covering
20,157,000 hectares of land.
The
total production and area
planted of each crop, nationally
and on a State-by-State
basis is listed below. Cereal
For Grain NSW VIC QLD SA
WA TAS AUS
Barley
Production ('000 t) 1,761
1,305 178 1,979 2,489 28
7,740
Area ('000ha) 1,023 924
97 1,280 1,313 8 4,648
Grain Sorghum
Production ('000 t) 847
1,164 2,011
Area ('000ha) 211 544 755
Maize
Production ('000 t) 242
2 173 1 420
Area ('000ha) 25 1 46 72
Oats
Production ('000 t) 429
284 10 90 460 9 1,283
Area ('000ha) 400 150 21
76 243 4 894
Triticale
Production ('000 t) 284
200 73 47 6 610
Area ('000ha) 126 125 93
42 2 389
Wheat
Production ('000 t) 7,573
1,927 1,170 2,621 8,619
30 21,905
Area ('000ha) 4,256 1,327
711 1,979 5,118 7 13,399
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
coarse grains (barley, oats,
triticale, sorghum and maize)
available for domestic use
total 6,720,000 tonnes per
annum, and is expected to
rise over 2008-07 due to
the increased demand for
feed grains from intensive
livestock industries. The
medium-term outlook for
grains will be significantly
influenced by the demand
for grain by developing
nations and the heightened
importance of grains for
industrial purposes such
as ethanol and biodiesel
production.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
The
total gross value for all
cereals for grain in Australia
is $6.475 billion-a-year.
The gross values per crop
nationally and across each
State and Territory are
listed below. Cereal For
Grain NSW
$m VIC
$m QLD
$m SA
$m WA
$m TAS
$m NT
$m ACT
$m AUS
$m
Barley 251.1 212.1 30.3
306.0 433.4 6.5 1,239.8
Sorghum 130.8 196.7 0.1
327.6
Oats 67.6 35.9 1.2 10.6
50.5 1.4 0.1 167.3
Rice 94.8 1.1 95.8
Wheat 1,410.2 362.7 255.3
521.5 1,763.4 6.9 0.3 4,320.2
Other 94.4 57.6 68.3 57.1
45.4 1.8 324.6
Total 6,475.3
-Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Value
of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced, Preliminary
2004-05.
GRAINS
Australian
grains - to the world market...
The annual export volume
of coarse grains is 7,187,000
tonnes, worth $1.454 billion-a-year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Globally,
1,008 million tonnes of
coarse grain is produced
each year, covering over
302 million hectares of
land.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
As
for wheat, Australia is
the world's second largest
wheat exporter. The annual
export volume of wheat totals
15,779,000 tonnes, with
an export value of $3.591
billion. Australia's principal
wheat markets include Indonesia,
China, Iraq, Korea, Japan
and Egypt. Internationally,
around 625,000,000 tonnes
of wheat is produced every
year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
While
wheat consumption is falling
per capita in many developed
nations, such as the United
States and the European
Union, in developing nations
such as Indonesia and Brazil,
consumption has been increasing.
Therefore, as world demand
for grains continues to
rise, Australian exports
are forecast to rise.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australia's
principal markets for barley
include Saudi Arabia, Japan,
China, United Arab Emirates
and Kuwait. In 2004-05 it
is estimated that 81% of
Australian barley production
was exported.
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Coarse Grains 2008.
RICE
Rice
is grown on irrigated farms
in the Murray and Murrumbidgee
Valleys of south-western
NSW and northern Victoria.
In 2008, NSW produced 335,000
tonnes, and Victoria produced
the remaining 4,000 tonnes.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Some
51,000 hectares was devoted
to rice production in 2008,
with Australian production
yielding 6.6 tonnes per
hectare. The average yield
is also considerably lower
than usual due to the impacts
of drought.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
Australian rice industry
generates around $800 million
per annum, with approximately
$400 million from exports.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
However,
the gross value of Australian
rice production totalled
$95.8 million in 2008. The
gross value of rice production
in NSW equalled $94.8 million,
and in Victoria, $1.1 million.
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