australiaThe following section of the report provides a sectoral analysis of the largest twelve agricultural industries — beef, broadacre crops, cotton, dairy, horticulture, pig meat, poultry, rice, sheep meat, sugar, wine grapes and wine, and wool. It has been prepared with a view to identifying the major characteristics and the domestic and international influences affecting the future of key industries. It also provides an overview of a number of smaller agricultural industries that play an important part in the sector.

A common approach is taken to the information presented for each of the key industries. Industry features such as location, size, output, market orientation and position in the global market are covered. The maps showing the location of principal areas of production for each industry are based on data from the five yearly ABS Agricultural Census 2001, presented at a statistical local area level (ABS 2001c). A number of economic measures of performance are included to allow comparison across some major sectors.

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