Australia Yearbook - 2009-10

2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
16.22 VITICULTURE, Area and production
AREA
PRODUCTION OF GRAPES FOR
Bearing Total Winemaking Drying
Table
and other
'000
ha
158
164
166
'000
ha
169
174
173
'000 t fresh
weight
1 782
1 371
1 837
'000 t fresh
weight
118
81
56
'000 t fresh
weight
82
79
64
TOTAL
Quantity
'000 t fresh
weight
1 981
1 530
1 957
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (7121.0).
Red grapes
White grapes
Total
16.23 VITICULTURE, Area and production – 2007– 08
AREA
Bearing
'000
ha
98.0
68.2
166.2
Not yet
bearing
'000
ha
2.4
4.0
6.5
All
vines
'000
ha
100.5
72.2
172.7
PRODUCTION OF GRAPES FOR
Table
Winemaking Drying and other
'000 tonnes '000 tonnes '000 tonnes
fresh weight fresh weight fresh weight
984.1 4.8 34.4
852.9 51.4 29.2
1 837.0
56.1
63.6
Total
'000 tonnes
fresh weight
1 023.3
933.5
1 956.8
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (7121.0); Australian Wine and Grape Industry (1329.0).
of grapes produced. South Australia produced
41% of the total grape harvest with 812,000
tonnes while New South Wales (554,000 tonnes)
and Victoria (477,000 tonnes) also produced large
quantities (table 16.24).
Canola
Canola is Australia's most commonly grown
oilseed crop and is used in the production of oil
and as a protein source in stock feed. Over the
past four years canola has accounted for about
90% of the value of all oilseed production. Canola
was first planted in Australia in 1980 but it was not
until the late 1980's that high yielding
blackleg-resistant varieties started to became
available. By the early 1990's, production was
becoming more widespread and canola was
emerging as the main oilseed crop. From a
production level of 70,000 tonnes in 1990–91, the
record high of 2.8 mill. tonnes was achieved nine
years later in 1999–2000. In 2007–08 farmers
harvested 1.2 mill. tonnes, just over double the
previous year's crop weight (table 16.14 and
graph 16.25).
Cotton
Cotton is grown mainly in inland areas of
northern New South Wales and southern
Queensland, primarily for its fibre (lint), and
relies heavily on irrigation water to produce
profitable yields. When the cotton is mature, seed
cotton is taken to a gin where it is separated
(ginned) into cotton lint and cotton seed. The
lint is used for yarn while the cotton seed is
further processed at an oil mill, where the short
fibres (linters) remaining on the cotton seed after
16.24 VITICULTURE, Grape production(a)—– 2007– 08
NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas.
tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes
Winemaking 535 989 394 551 3 307 809 113 82 197 10 749
Drying
8 742 45 677 69 1 472 179 —
Table and other 9 679 36 614 11 237 930 4 045 —
Total production 554 410 476 842 14 612 811 515 86 421 10 749
NT
tonnes
—
—
1 116
1 116
ACT
tonnes
1 128
—
—
1 128
— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Fresh weight.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia, (7121.0).
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