7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2001-02  
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To improve their nutritional value for stock, especially beef cattle, pastures can be sown with lucerne, clovers, medics and grasses or cereal grains. Improved pastures contribute to better quality livestock and livestock products and lead to a decline in soil erosion and an improvement in soil quality.

To counter seasonal conditions and unreliable rainfall, farmers conserve hay to supplement pasture and natural sources of stockfeed.

In 2000-01, 181,000 hectares of pastures were cut to produce 836,000 tonnes of hay.

PASTURES CUT FOR HAY, NSW
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
1997(a)
767
204
2001(b)
836
181
(a) Year ended 31 March.
(b) Year ended 30 June.
Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2000-01, 21% of all pastures cut for hay in NSW came from the Murray Statistical Division (176,000 tonnes). This was followed by the Northern Statistical Division with 174,000 tonnes.

PASTURES CUT FOR HAY, 2000-01
Statistical Division
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Sydney
4.1
0.8
Hunter
53.8
10.5
Illawarra
11.0
2.7
Richmond-Tweed
3.5
1.2
Mid-North Coast
8.0
1.8
Northern
174.0
19.2
North Western
58.4
15.7
Central West
164.1
37.5
South Eastern
68.6
15.6
Murrumbidgee
113.5
32.4
Murray
176.5
43.3
Far West
0.1
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New South Wales
835.6
181.0
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001 Agricultural Census.



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