7121.0 - Agricultural Commodities, Australia, 2017-18 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/04/2019
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Australian farms and farmers
· male (more than two-thirds of farmers were male (77%)), and had · 37 years experience in farming Sources of farm income Australian farming businesses received most of their income from agricultural production in 2017-18:
· 11% was from off farm employment or business activities · 0.6% was from grants, government transfers and relief funding Land use on Australian farms Most agricultural land was used for agricultural production in 2017-18:
· 31 million hectares for crops · 731,000 hectares for forestry plantation · 17 million hectares was not used for agricultural production, with half (50%) of this land set aside for conservation/protection purposes. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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