Bengalla Mine Environmental Impact Statement (1993) - Part 1 of 3

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TABLE 2.10
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR LAND ADJOINING A438
WITHIN 2 km RADIUS
Agricultural
Enterprise
No. of
Establishments 1
Area
(ha)
Value of Production
(per annum)
Lucerne Hay Production (for sale) 20 330 $ 693,000
Forage Crop Hay (for sale) 5 30 $ 45,000
Irrigated Wheat 2 24 $ 13,000
Irrigated Sorghum 2 10 $ 5,250
Beef Production 36 2,900 $ 920,000
Horses (not including Muswellbrook Racetrack, training
and spelling)
Dairying * Milk Sales
Dairy Livestock Sales
6 N.A. $1,295,000
5 570 $1,315,600
$1,250,000
$ 65,600
Other Agricultural Enterprises ** 5 670 $ 764,250
Average Gross Value of Production per annum $5,051,100
*
Hay sales from dairy farms included in Lucerne Hay production figures.
**
Other Agricultural Enterprises include sheep products, turf, cut flowers, irrigated maize and wine grapes. These are grouped
together to protect the privacy of the individual producers. There is only one producer for each enterprise in the two kilometre
adjoining area.
Source : NSW Agriculture 1992 : Appendix 9
A study by the University of New England indicated that for every $1.00 of dairy farm output, an additional
$2.66 is created in the region as a result of dairy processing and associated activities. The total value of
dairying in the Authorisation is approximately $4.3M and in the adjoining 2 km is $4.8M. The Australian
Consolidated Foods Factory in Muswellbrook, which accepts milk from the Upper Hunter, closed part of its
processing in August 1992. It now operates only as a receival depot but is planned to close in June 1994 when
all milk will be transported by tanker direct to Hexham.
Land use within the Authorisation and on the adjoining land is illustrated in Figure 2.12.
2.11.4 Services
Low voltage power transmission lines from Wybong Road or alongside the Muswellbrook - Ulan Railway
supply the residences within the Authorisation.
BENGALLA EIS. F156
NOVEMBER 1993