7105.0 - ABS Agriculture Statistics Collection Strategy

7105.0 - ABS Agriculture Statistics Collection Strategy - 2008-09 and beyond, 2008-09

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APPENDIX 2

THE IDEAL INFORMATION SET FOR AGRICULTURE

Need defined	Data items required	Frequency	Geographic level	ANZSIC level/ commodity	Priority	Current best source

Developing and monitoring industry development policy	Value of agriculture production	Annually	SLA	Class	High	VACP (a)

	Livestock numbers and sales	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (b)

	Numbers of farms	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (b)

	Area and production of crops	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (c)

	Area and production of pasture	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Managers characteristics	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Management behaviour	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Participation in commonwealth training programs	Annually	SLA	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Emerging commodities	Annually	SLA	Class	High	Not available

	Early estimates of value of commodities produced	Annually	SLA	Class	High	QLD DPI & F

	Income/receipts	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Expenses	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Profits	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Capital inventory	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Net return on assets	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Employment	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Integrated commodity and financial data	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Key performance measures: Strategic planning Capacity for change Financial self reliance Market competitiveness Natural resource management	Irregular	State	Class	High	DAFF (Solutions Survey, 1998, 2000 & 2002 – Not published)

	Business demographic data: By employment By turnover By profit By industry	Irregular	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, 2002-03

	Demographic profile of farmers linked to commodity, farm management and land use data	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm surveys (f)


Developing and monitoring of NRM and water policies	Demographic profile of farmers linked to commodity, farm management and land use data	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Natural resource management practices	Biennial	Geocoded areas	Class	High	ABS NRM Surveys

	Land clearing	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	Not available

	Land management practices	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Tree and shrub plantings	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	AS/AC (b)

	Area and production of crops and pastures	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	AS/AC (c)

	Water use	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	ABS Water Survey - Agriculture

	Water trading	Annually	Geocoded areas	Class	High	ABS Water Survey - Agriculture

	Area affected by salinity	Five yearly	Geocoded areas	Class	High	LM&SS (g)

	Salinity management strategies	Five yearly	Geocoded areas	Class	High	LM&SS (g)

	Barriers to change	Five yearly	Geocoded areas	Class	High	LM&SS (g)

	Water usage by industry	Five yearly	State	Class	High	ABS Water Account

	Important social and economic factors shaping landholder decision making	Irregular	River catchments	n.a.	High	BRS Landholders Surveys (Not published)

	Status of land, water and vegetation resources	Five yearly	State	Class	High	NLWRA

Making and monitoring of market access and bio-security, and greenhouse policies	Livestock slaughterings and meat production	Monthly	State	Commodity	High	Livestock slaughtered survey

	Merchandise exports	Monthly	Port/State	Commodity	High	IMES (h)

	Tariff rates, quota levels	Quarterly	Country	Commodity	High	OECD & WTO

	Veterinary chemical use	Annually	State	Class	Medium	Not available

	Herbicide/Pesticide use	Annually	State	Class	Medium	Not available

	Uptake of innovative farm management practices and use of IT	Annually	State	Class	Medium	AS/CS (d)

	Participation in Cwlth training programs	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	AS/CS (d)

	Costs, income, profitability	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	ABARE Farm surveys (f)

	Tillage practices	Annually	State	Class	High	AS/AC (d)

	Numbers of livestock	Annually	State	Commodity	High	AS/AC (b)

	Greenhouse gas emissions	Annually	National	Class	High	AGO

	Land values by land use patterns	Five yearly	SLA	n.a.	Medium	Not available

	Interstate trade in agricultural commodities	Annually	State	Class	High	Not available

	Linking of commodity data with financial data	Annually	SLA	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

Global trade	Commodity production	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	AS/AC (c)

	Numbers of livestock	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	AS/AC (b)

	Lambing ratios	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	AS/AC (b)

	Lambing intentions	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	AS/AC (b)

	Grain held on holding	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	ABARE Farm surveys (f)

	Tariff rates and quotas	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	OECD, WTO

	Livestock slaughterings and meat production	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	ABS Livestock slaughtered survey

	Apple and pear production by variety	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	ABS Apples & Pears Collection

	Grape production by variety	Annually	Region	Commodity	High	ABS Viticulture Collection

	Live animal exports	Quarterly	Region	Commodity	High	AQIS

	Feedlot production	Quarterly	Region	Commodity	High	MLA Feedlot survey

	Volume and price of livestock sales	Daily	Regional	Commodity	High	Livestock Market Reports (NLRS)

	Stocks of grain	Quarterly	Region	Commodity	High	ABS Stocks of Grains Survey (j)

	Merchandise exports	Monthly	Port/State	Commodity	High	IMES (h)

	Wool production	Quarterly	Region	Commodity	High	ABS Wool Receivals and Purchases Collection

Investment strategies	Income	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Expenses	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Profit	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Net return on assets	Annually	SLA	Class	Medium	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

Macro statistics	Commodity production	Quarterly	State	Class	High	AS/AC (c)

	Grain held on holding	Quarterly	State	Class	High	AS/AC (c)

	Hay/silage held on holding	Quarterly	State	Class	High	ABARE Farm Surveys (f)

	Interstate trade	Quarterly	State	Class	High	Not available

	Value of commodities produced	Quarterly	State	Class	High	VACP (a)

	Income	Quarterly	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, (i)

	Expenses	Quarterly	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, (i)

	Value added	Quarterly	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, (i)

	Profit/COS	Quarterly	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, (i)

	Net return on assets	Quarterly	State	Class	High	EAS - experimental data, (i)

n.a. not applicable

(a) Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced. Data available for principal commodities at SLA level in census years and SD in survey years.
(b) ABS Agriculture Survey/Census. Annual data available at SLA, aggregated MB level in census years and SD/NRM in survey years.
(c) ABS Agriculture Survey/Census. Annual data available for principal commodities at SLA, aggregated MB or SA1 level in census years and SD/NRM in survey years.
(d) ABS Agriculture Survey/Census. Data available on an irregular basis.
(e) Prospects for QLD Industries (QLD DPI & F). Data available for QLD at the State level for principal commodities.
(f) Data available for broadacre and dairy industries only. Available at the ABARE region level. In addition, ABARE undertake user funded surveys of specific industries on an irregular basis on behalf of clients. Some of this additional data is published.
(g) ABS Land Management and Salinity Survey 2002. Data available at SD level.
(h) ABS International Merchandise Export Statistics.
(i) ABS Economic Activity Survey, 2002-03, experimental data. Data may be available on an annual basis. Additional experimental work being undertaken.
(j) ABS Stocks of Grain Survey has collected data over various periods of time.