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This Insights paper describes Australia’s native forests managed for wood production, the sustainable wood harvesting that is carried out within them, and other ecosystem services that they provide. Future opportunities and challenges regarding Australia’s native forests managed for wood production are also discussed.

Australian plantation statistics is published every year. In this report, 2023-24 data are compared with data from the 2004-05, 2009-10, 2014-15, 2019-20 and 2021-22 5 yearly spatial plantation reports (5 and 1 year intervals).

This biannual report presents historic statistical information for Australia's forest and wood products industries. This issue includes the latest data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity including Australia’s commercial plantation estate, volume and value of logs harvested as well as data on production and trade of wood products.

The operation and influence of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on trade flows can be complex, making the direct impact on trade and welfare unclear. This technical paper introduces a new stylised approach of modelling the impacts of NTMs in a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model incorporating increases in trade (through export) costs and changes in consumer preferences, where the trade costs are represented by both variable and fixed costs and consumer preferences by the consumers’ willingness-to-pay.

The ABARES Farmland Price Indicator provides the latest estimates for Australian broadacre farmland prices through an innovative and simple to operate dashboard. This update re-introduces region level broadacre farmland prices and includes a new feature, ‘total value of all broadacre farmland’, which is estimated to be $1.2 Trillion.

Australian winter crop production is forecast to decrease by 8% to 55.6 million tonnes in 2025–26. This is 13% above the 10-year average to 2024–25 and if realised, would be the sixth highest on record. National planting to winter crops to remain historically high in 2025–26 at 24.9 million hectares.

Gross value of agricultural production to fall by 3% to $90.7 billion in 2025–26. Livestock and livestock product values to fall as lower turn-off outweighs robust global demand. Crop production values to fall as lower production outweighs slight price rises.

This Insights paper discusses the economic mechanisms by which the hundreds of billions of dollars provided annually in agricultural support contribute to increased emissions, biodiversity loss and soil nutrient imbalances. It also highlights options for alternative support policies and presents real-world examples of improved environmental outcomes stemming from agricultural support removal/reform.

The Private native forestry sector report delivers an improved understanding of Australia’s private native forest resource, through identification of areas that private land-managers have identified for commercial forestry, state agencies have deemed potentially suitable for commercial forestry and areas assessed as potential from national datasets.

The wood volumes analysis was announced as a 2022 election commitment during a period of uncertainty in the forest and wood products sector. Its purpose is to give confidence that Australians have sufficient access to forest and wood products for the construction sector, from a range of sources.