7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2006-07  
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NSW accounts for almost all of the Australian rice crop. Rice production is undertaken in three areas: the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Coleambally Irrigation Area and the Murray Valley Irrigation Area. These three areas are in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Statistical Divisions (SDs).

In 2006-07, drought had a significant impact as evidenced by production falling to 161,000 tonnes.

RICE FOR GRAIN, NSW
Production
'000t
Area
'000ha
Yield
t/ha
2002-03
434.7
45.0
9.7
2003-04
550.4
65.7
8.4
2004-05
335.3
50.7
6.6
2005-06(a)
992.3
101.1
9.8
2006-07(a)
^160.6
^19.5
^8.2
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication 7121.0.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


In 2006-07, 64% of all rice produced in NSW came from the Murrumbidgee SD (102,000 tonnes). This was followed by the Murray SD with 58,400 tonnes.

RICE FOR GRAIN, PRODUCTION, 2006-07
Statistical Division
'000t
Sydney
-
Hunter
-
Illawarra
-
Richmond-Tweed
-
Mid-North Coast
-
Northern
-
North Western
-
Central West
-
South Eastern
-
Murrumbidgee
^102.2
Murray
*58.4
Far West
-
New South Wales
^160.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).



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