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Australia Yearbook - 2001

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15 Agriculture<br />

Introduction 611<br />

Article—Agriculture, the early years 611<br />

The agricultural environment 616<br />

Land used for agriculture 617<br />

Irrigation 618<br />

Characteristics of <strong>Australia</strong>n farms 618<br />

Employment in agriculture 619<br />

Gross value of agricultural commodities produced 621<br />

Article—Agricultural inventions 621<br />

Financial statistics of farm businesses 622<br />

Turnover 622<br />

Gross indebtedness 623<br />

Crops 625<br />

Cereal grains 625<br />

Wheat 625<br />

Oats 628<br />

Barley 630<br />

Grain sorghum 630<br />

Maize 630<br />

Rice 631<br />

Vegetables 631<br />

Fruit (excluding grapes) 633<br />

Grapes 633<br />

Selected other crops 634<br />

Oilseeds 634<br />

Cotton 635<br />

Sugar 635<br />

Fodder crops 636<br />

Livestock 636<br />

Cattle 637<br />

Dairying 638<br />

Dairy production 638<br />

Domestic dairy market 639<br />

Sheep 639<br />

Pigs 641<br />

Poultry 641

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