APPENDIX - DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITY GROUPS
This appendix provides a description of the specific agricultural commodities that are included in each commodity group, as collected on the ABS Rural Environment and Agriculture Commodities Survey 2014–15 (note that the specific data items collected on the Agricultural Census/surveys vary slightly from year to year).
PASTURES AND CEREAL CROPS CUT FOR HAY
This commodity group includes:
- Pastures for hay
- Cereals cut for hay
- Lucerne cut for hay
- Other crops cut for hay
CEREALS FOR GRAIN AND SEED
This commodity group includes:
- Wheat for grain
- Oats for grain
- Barley for grain
- Sorghum for grain
- Maize for grain
- Triticale for grain
- All other cereals for grain or seed
Important note: rice is not included in this commodity group.
COTTON
RICE
SUGAR CANE
- Sugar cane cut for crushing
OTHER BROADACRE CROPS
This commodity groups includes the following:
- Canola
- Other oilseeds
- Peanuts (in shell)
- Other pulses
- All other crops n.e.c.
FRUIT AND NUTS (includes fruit trees, nut trees, plantation and berry fruits; excludes grapes)
This commodity group includes:
- Mandarins
- Oranges
- All other citrus fruit n.e.c.
- Apples
- Pears (including Nashi)
- All other pome fruit n.e.c.
- Cherries
- Nectarines
- Peaches
- All other stone fruit n.e.c.
- Avocados
- Mangoes
- All other orchard fruit n.e.c.
- Bananas
- Pineapples
- Strawberries
- All other fruit n.e.c.
- Almonds
- Macadamias
- All other nuts n.e.c.
GRAPES
This commodity group includes:
- Grapes for wine production
- Grapes for all other uses
VEGETABLES
This commodity group includes:
- Beans (including french and runner)
- Capsicums (excluding chillies)
- Carrots
- Lettuces
- Melons
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Potatoes (fresh market and processing)
- Tomatoes (fresh market (outdoor and undercover) and processing)
- All other vegetables for human consumption n.e.c.
NURSERY PRODUCTION
This commodity group includes:
- Cultivated turf
- Nurseries (outdoor and undercover)
- Cut flowers (outdoor and undercover)
DAIRY PRODUCTION (excludes dairy cattle intended for beef production)
This commodity group includes:
- Livestock products - Milk
PRODUCTION FROM MEAT CATTLE
This commodity group includes:
- Livestock slaughtered and other disposals - Cattle and calves
PRODUCTION FROM SHEEP AND OTHER LIVESTOCK
This commodity group includes:
- Livestock slaughtered and other disposals - Sheep and lambs
- Livestock slaughtered and other disposals - Pigs
- Livestock slaughtered and other disposals - Poultry
- Livestock slaughtered and other disposals - All other livestock n.e.c.
- Livestock products - Wool
- Livestock products - Eggs