7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2001-02

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Barley is grown predominantly west of the Great Dividing Range, extending along the centre of NSW from the Northern Statistical Division (SD) down to the Murray SD.

In 2001-02, production was 1.4 million tonnes.

BARLEY FOR GRAIN, NSW, year ended 30 June


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

1997(a)	1,483	668	2.2
2001	1,253	615	2.0
2002	1,382	665	2.1

(a) Year ended 31 March.
Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2001-02, 34% of all barley produced in NSW came from the Northern SD (464,000 tonnes). This was followed by the Murrumbidgee SD with 244,000 tonnes.

BARLEY PRODUCTION, 2001-02


Statistical Division	Production '000 t

Sydney	-
Hunter	^22.9
Illawarra	**
Richmond-Tweed	*15.7
Mid-North Coast	-
Northern	463.6
North Western	^172.6
Central West	239.0
South Eastern	*3.0
Murrumbidgee	243.9
Murray	210.4
Far West	11.2

New South Wales	1,382.3

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2002 Agricultural Survey.