Welcome to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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Increasing global supply and drier conditions impact farmers

Value of agricultural production forecast to fall 17% to $78 billion in 2023–24

Read Agricultural Commodities Report

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2023–24 national winter crop production forecast of 46.1 million tonnes

Prospects for winter crops over spring mixed - summer crops planting expected to fall

Read Australian Crop Report

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Registrations now open for ABARES Outlook 2024 conference

Join us in Canberra or online for program on Shaping the Future: Opportunities, risks and resilience

Register today!

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New report reveals cost impacts of pest animals and weeds

Australian agricultural producers outlay $ billions a year to control established vertebrate pest animals and weeds.

State and national estimates here