Grain sorghum and wheat are the main cereal grain crops grown in Queensland. In 2006-07, Queensland farmers produced 0.9 million tonnes of grain sorghum. The Darling Downs Statistical Division produced 63% (563,000 tonnes) of all grain sorghum produced in Queensland.

	Production '000 t		Area '000 ha		Yield t/ha
2002-03	929.7		405.1		2.3
2003-04	1 296.3		519.3		2.5
2004-05	1 163.5		543.5		2.1
2005-06(a)	1 038.4		436.4		2.4
2006-07(a)	896.4		449.2		2.0

(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


In 2006-07, wheat production was 0.8 million tonnes. Forty five percent of all wheat produced in Queensland came from the Fitzroy Statistical Division (350,000 tonnes).

	Production '000 t		Area '000 ha		Yield t/ha
2002-03	600.9		514.4		1.2
2003-04	1,109.7		789.7		1.4
2004-05	1,170.4		710.9		1.6
2005-06(a)	1 217.6		778.3		1.6
2006-07(a)	^776.7		638.0		^1.2

^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution.
(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


Production of sugar cane is a major component of Queensland agriculture and is carried out in most of the river flats in the fertile coastal valleys. Cultivation is intensive and irrigation is used wherever practicable, as in the Burdekin and Bundaberg areas. Harvesting in most districts begins about June and ends in November or December.

The 2006-07 agricultural commodity survey reported production of 33.1 million tonnes of sugar cane from 383,000 hectares, resulting in an average yield of 86.3 tonnes per hectare for the season. In 2006-07, over 70% of all sugar cane cut for crushing produced in Queensland came from the Northern and Mackay Statistical Divisions (13.8 million and 10.3 million tonnes respectively).

	Production '000 t		Area '000 ha		Yield t/ha
2002-03	34 231.3		423.4		80.9
2003-04	33 552.7		413.6		81.1
2004-05	35 290.4		410.7		85.9
2005-06(a)	34 384.5		375.3		91.6
2006-07(a)	33 058.5		382.9		86.3

(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


In 2006-07 Queensland had a total area sown to cotton of 43,600 hectares. Cotton lint production was 69,100 tonnes which was a significant decrease on 2005-06. This was the result of extremely low water availability at the time of planting combined with adverse seasonal conditions.

	Production '000 t		Area '000 ha		Yield t/ha
2002-03	^81.6		67.9		^1.2
2003-04	145.4		101.3		1.4
2004-05	^248.8		^144.3		^1.7
2005-06(a)	214.	4	129.7		1.7
2006-07(a)	69.1		43.6		1.6

^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution.
(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

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