The agricultural workforce is often only considered to be those who work on-farm. However, there are a large number of people who support agriculture, or work in the agricultural supply chain, who may also be considered as working in agriculture or agriculture support occupations. This report provides a number of definitions to help identify the agriculture workforce that extends beyond the farm gate.
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2 Feb 2024
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1 Feb 2024
This working paper presents methods to improve analysis and policy advice relating to the impacts of climate policies in computable general equilibrium models, with relevance to agriculture, forestry and land use.
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14 Dec 2023
The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2022 report contains comprehensive data on commercial fishing and aquaculture in Australia covering fisheries production, trade, consumption and employment statistics up to and including 2021–22.
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8 Dec 2023
This new resource-set, for cattle and sheep, provides users with a more accurate comparison of global emissions intensities by utilising national greenhouse inventory submissions to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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5 Dec 2023
December Australian Crop Report: crop prospects over spring have been mixed, with improvements in southern cropping regions expected to more than offset downgrades in northern cropping regions.
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5 Dec 2023
December Agriculture Commodities report shows the value of Australian agricultural production is forecast to fall as increasing global supply and drier conditions impact farmers.
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22 Nov 2023
This issue includes new 2022–23 data for key indicators of forestry sector activity such as the trade of wood products and new housing commencements. The overview also presents detailed 2021–22 data on the value and volume of logs harvested, Australia’s commercial plantation estate, forest sector employment and the performance of the wood product manufacturing sector.
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20 Nov 2023
This technical report examines how changing regulations on the use of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed could affect Australia’s food animal producers
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15 Nov 2023
The dashboard provides monthly information on the protection of agricultural land from soil erosion. Twenty-two years of data are presented for Australia and Australia’s Natural Resource Management regions. This visualisation has been prepared for the Future Drought Fund to provide environmental indicators of drought resilience to encourage more primary producers to improve long term productivity and landscape health.
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8 Nov 2023
In an average year established vertebrate pest animals and weeds are estimated to cost Australian agricultural producers at least 5.3 billion, with weeds contributing 82% of the total.