ABARE has conducted surveys of selected Australian agricultural industries since the 1950s. These surveys provide a broad range of information on the current and historical economic performance of farm business units in the rural sector.

ABARE conducts the Australian agricultural and grazing industries survey and Australian dairy industry survey annually. These two surveys cover detailed financial, physical and socioeconomic information for the broadacre and dairy sectors that contain over 70 per cent of Australian farm business units.

Information gathered is presented in Australian farm surveys results, Australian grains industry reports and various dairy publications. Packaged data is also available directly through web-based products like AGSurf.