What are broadacre and dairy industries?

Broadacre industry definitions are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC). This classification is in line with an international standard applied comprehensively across Australian industry, permitting comparisons between industries, both within Australia and internationally. Farms assigned to a particular ANZSIC have a high proportion of their total output characterised by that class.

The five broadacre industries covered by ABARE's Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) are:

Wheat and other crops industry (ANZSIC06 Class 0146 and 0149)
	– farms engaged mainly in growing rice, other cereal grains, coarse grains, oilseeds and/or pulses

Mixed livestock–crops industry (ANZSIC06 Class 0145)
	– farms engaged mainly in running sheep or beef cattle, or both, and growing cereal grains, coarse grains, oilseeds and/or pulses

Sheep industry (ANZSIC06 Class 0141)
	– farms engaged mainly in running sheep

Beef industry (ANZSIC06 Class 0142)
	– farms engaged mainly in running beef cattle

Sheep–beef industry (ANZSIC06 Class 0144)
	– farms engaged mainly in running both sheep and beef cattle

The Australian Dairy Industry Survey (ADIS) covers farms that are engaged in dairying.

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