Rural Strategy - Surf Coast Shire
Rural Strategy - Surf Coast Shire
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<strong>Surf</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> Review<br />
Final Report<br />
4 Agriculture<br />
4.1 <strong>Surf</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> Agricultural Industries<br />
Agriculture in <strong>Surf</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Shire</strong> generated approximately $50 million (ABS Census Data<br />
2001) an increase from $42 million in 1993/94 and $31 million in 1983/84. Traditionally, the<br />
major agricultural industries have been soil-based including dairying and grazing. However,<br />
intensive shed-based farming such as poultry, pig and horticultural production are emerging<br />
as the most economically significant in the <strong>Shire</strong>.<br />
The most significant agricultural industries, with respect to gross value of agricultural<br />
production, are poultry followed by dairy, beef cattle and nurseries and cut flowers (Table<br />
4-1). Poultry production is focussed mainly north of the Princes Highway where there is<br />
sufficient land to meet buffer requirements.<br />
Horticultural enterprises, including turf, tomato and flower production are based around<br />
recycled water supplied from Barwon Water’s Black Rock Wastewater Treatment Plant.<br />
These industries have grown in significance since 1993 and Barwon Water has indicated<br />
that there will be increased scope for productive use of recycled water in the future.<br />
Currently, expansion of horticultural development is constrained by the cost of infrastructure<br />
to deliver recycled water to suitable areas.<br />
There has been significant interest from a number of sources for investment in horticultural<br />
development between Torquay and Mount Duneed based on the increased availability of<br />
recycled water for productive use.<br />
Table 4-1 Gross value of agricultural production as a percentage of the total GVAP for<br />
major agricultural industries in the <strong>Surf</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Shire</strong><br />
Industry Number of producers Gross Value of<br />
Agricultural<br />
Production ($million)<br />
Gross Value of Agricultural<br />
Production as a percentage<br />
of the total GVAP for the<br />
<strong>Shire</strong> (2001 ABS)<br />
Poultry 9 11.5 24%<br />
Beef and sheep 360 11.1 24%<br />
Dairy 41 7.7 16%<br />
Nurseries 11 6.8 15%<br />
Cropping 113 5.9 12%<br />
Wool production 174 4.2 9%<br />
Total 534 47.2 100%<br />
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