7123.4.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, South Australia, 2006-07  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/10/2008   
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Barley and wheat are the main cereal crops grown in South Australia. Barley is used primarily for stockfeed and malting purposes and on a small scale for human consumption. In 2006-07, South Australian farmers produced 996,000 tonnes of barley and over 60% came from the Yorke-Lower North and Eyre Statistical Divisions.


BARLEY FOR GRAIN, South Australia, at 30 June
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Yield
t/ha
2002-03
1 440
1 194
1.2
2003-04
2 691
1 216
2.2
2004-05
1 979
1 280
1.5
2005-06(a)
2 548
1 169
2.2
2006-07(a)
996
1 193
0.8
(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 7121.0.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


Wheat growing in South Australia is dependent on receiving adequate rainfall in the planting and growing periods from April to November. In 2006-07, wheat production was 1.4 million tonnes. Over 65% of all wheat produced in South Australia in 2006-07 came from the Yorke-Lower North and Eyre Statistical Divisions.


WHEAT FOR GRAIN, South Australia, at 30 June
Production
'000 t
Area
'000 ha
Yield
t/ha
2002-03
2 072
1 957
1.1
2003-04
3 490
1 960
1.8
2004-05
2 621
1 979
1.3
2005-06(a)
3 853
2 035
1.9
2006-07(a)
1 446
2 173
0.7
(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 7121.0.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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