7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2001-02  
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Grains, wool and beef production, the main agricultural industries in the early days of Queensland's European settlement, remain important but have now been supplemented by a large range of other agricultural products, including sugar cane, cotton, nursery production, vegetables for human consumption and citrus and tropical fruits.

  • The main broadacre crops grown are wheat, grain sorghum, sugar cane and cotton.
  • The main livestock raised are cattle for beef production, and sheep for meat and fine wool.
  • The main fruit crops grown are bananas, pineapples and mandarins.
  • The main vegetable crops grown include potatoes, tomatoes, watermelons and lettuces.
PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, Queensland, 2001-02
Sugar cane cut for crushing ('000 t)
28,250
Bananas ('000 t)
265.8
Pineapples ('000 t)
119.3
Potatoes ('000 t)
117.9
Tomatoes ('000 t)
^ 109.5
Meat cattle and calves ('000)
11,284
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%

Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).




This section contains the following subsection :
      Crops
      Livestock

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