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| Welcome
Includes: Update from head of Agriculture program on funding and future projects
Increased appropriation for ABS in the Budget restores funding to Agriculture program |
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| 2007-08 Agricultural Commodities
Includes: Information about release of the publication Agricultural Commodities, Australia
Continuing effects of drought see sheep numbers at lowest level since 1920 |
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| 2007-08 Land Management and Farming
Includes: Information about release of the publication Land Management and Farming
Zero tillage now accounts for nearly two thirds land prepared for crops and/or pasture |
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| 2007-08 Water Use on Australian Farms
Includes: Information about release of the publication Water Use on Australian Farms
Irrigated water use fell 18% in 2007-08 |
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| 2008-09 Agriculture Survey
Includes: Proposed content and output of ABS's major agriculture collection this year
Wide range of commodity and water use data to be collected |
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| Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia
Includes: Information on monthly publication of data on stocks and use of wheat
Estimates combine data from three separate surveys plus administrative wheat export data |
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| Experimental Estimates of the Gross Value of Irrigated Agricultural Production (GVIAP)
Includes: Information on and highlights of estimates of GVIAP for 2006-07
Irrigated land produced 34% of total production value on 0.5% of land |
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| Great Barrier Reef Rescue Project
Includes: New survey of land management practices in catchments of the GBR
Information for program to reduce decline in water quality reaching the reef |