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This product contains the latest Total Factor Productivity (TFP) estimates for Australian broadacre and dairy farms. These estimates are produced using ABARES farm survey data from 1977–78 to 2022–23. The data is presented by industry, state and region.

This report, commissioned by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, aims to fill specific data gaps on food loss and waste in primary production in the horticulture industry.

ABARES uses the Species Range Mapping modelling method to generate a map showing maximum potential range of carpet sea squirt based on its known temperature tolerances.

ABARES has been asked by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to examine the impacts on irrigated agriculture of using buybacks to meet outstanding recovery under the 450 GL (gigalitre) target for enhanced environmental outcomes.

This report builds on our 2012 report (Revised Indicators of community vulnerability and adaptive capacity across the Murray-Darling Basin) to provide a contemporary understanding of the relative vulnerability of communities in the Murray-Darling Basin to changes in access to water for irrigation, and the ability of communities to respond or adapt to changes.

National winter crop production forecast to be above average in 2024–25 at 51.3 million tonnes, with increases in area planted and yields of cereals and pulses. Summer crop production in 2023–24 forecast to have remained above average at 4.6 million tonnes, but below previous year’s high.

Value of Australia’s farm production forecast to be third highest on record in 2024–25 at almost $84 billion, an increase on 2023–24 with improved seasonal conditions and higher livestock prices. Average cash incomes for broadacre farms also forecast to increase.

This report supports the review of the Southern Squid Jig Fishery (SSJF) harvest strategy and provides a description of the available data and recommendations for future data collection that would enable more fulsome implementation of the harvest strategy through more robust catch per unit effort (CPUE) and depletion analyses.

This paper is the first to propose and apply a method for the estimation of Australian vegetable productivity and provides a foundation for future efforts to estimate productivity for Australian horticulture.

The Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) project was established in April 2022 by the Department. This report details progress of the first stage of the DEWS project to the end of June 2023, including the development of an initial protype.