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<strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> Futures Authority Draft Economic Impact of Agriculture and Tourism6. ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OFAGRICULTURE6.1 Area and Value of ProductionThis section provides a set of agricultural and forestry data extracted from the ABS and othersources. According to the ABS Agricultural Census, most recently published in November 2012,the area of land used for field crops decreased by almost 30 per cent between 2006 and 2011(Table 6.1), however the non-reporting (n.p.) of the ‘Pasture and other crops cut for hay’ areamasks the extent of any change that may have occurred in this variable.Table 6.1 Area of agricultural production, <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong>, 2006 and 20112006 2011Field Crops (ha)Pasture and other crops cut for hay a 6,978 n.p.Wheat 3,880 4,885Oats 2,334 1,862Barley 3,087 1,639Triticale 612 254Other cereals 947 661Canola 3,499 6,297Lupins for grain or seed 1,738 515Field peas for grain 267 136Field Beans 198 136All other broadacre crops n.e.c 81 354Total Field Crops a 23,621 16,739Horticulture (ha)Winegrapes 87 118Orchard fruit and nut trees 25 16Vegetables 1 3Vegetables for seed 17 225Nurseries & cut flowers & cultivated turf 2 n.p.Total Horticulture 132 362Livestock (no.)Cattle 28,630 20,635Dairy Cattle n.p. 2Pigs 363 143Poultry - eggs 39,145 n.p.Sheep and lambs 681,356 558,611Other livestock 680 272Total Livestock 750,175 579,663a Because the area of ‘Pasture and other crops cut for hay’ is not published (n.p.) in 2011, the ‘Total Field Crops’estimate is significantly lower than the 206 estimate.Source: ABS 2012f and previous issuese c o n s e a r c hPage| 19

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