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Higher production volumes, especially from aquaculture, are forecast to boost the nominal value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production by 0.5% to $3.56 billion in 2023−24.

The Commonwealth Government manages billions of dollars’ worth of water entitlements in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) with the aim of protecting and restoring water-dependent ecosystems. Managing this water efficiently is critical for maximising the health of ecosystems across the MDB for current and future generations.

Value of farm production in 2023–24 ($80.1 billion) and exports ($67.3 billion) forecast to decline from record highs in 2022–23. Agriculture production value forecast to rebound 6% in 2024–25 to $84.9 billion and be third highest on record.

National winter crop production to fall from record highs to 46.7 million tonnes in 2023–24, slightly above the 10-year average. Summer crop production in 2023–24 forecast to remain above average at 4.3 million tonnes.

This Insights report covers 8 key aspects of Australian agriculture: its role in the broader economy, trends in production, exports, biosecurity, agricultural employment, industry structure and productivity, climate change impacts and risk management, sustainability and trade.

This is the latest compilation of land use mapping information, including for selected agricultural commodities, for Australia’s regions under the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program.

Custom survey results for NSW derived from the ABARES national survey to support an independent state-wide review into invasive species management for NSW being conducted by the NSW Natural Resource Commission.

This release presents updated estimates of investment in Australian agricultural research and development (R&D) to 2022-23. These estimates are valuable because trends in R&D investment have significant short-and-long-term implications for the productivity, financial performance and competitiveness of Australian agriculture.

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.

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.