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This ABARES Insights paper describes Australia’s agricultural workforce, providing key information and statistics in one place, using data from the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Census of Population and Housing.

ABARES predicts average farm incomes will fall by 41% to $197,000 in 2023-24, but remain above levels observed in recent drought years. This new forecast product provides a detailed understanding of predicted financial outcomes for the farming sector at local, state and national levels.

This report presents the key results from a national survey of agricultural land managers about pest and weed management on their property and local area undertaken by ABARES in 2016, 2019 and 2022.

Formal surveys of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) fishery and Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (MITF) haven’t been possible due to the low number of business operating in the area. This report provides a first attempt to use non survey methods to estimate the net economic returns for these fisheries.

The ABARES September Agriculture Commodities report shows our farming sector continues to perform at near historically high levels in response to lower crop production and commodity prices. A forecasted gross production value of about $80 billion for 2023-24 would be the third highest result on record.

These results, slightly below the 10-year average, are attributed to dry conditions in northern cropping regions. Southern cropping regions are likely to have more favourable winter crop prospects with better-than-expected winter rainfall.

The 2023 release of Australian plantation statistics is an annual update to assist strategic forest industry planning and decision-making by presenting information on total plantation area, new planting and ownership.

Alien invasive species (AIS) cause a series of direct and indirect impacts and associated costs, on agricultural production, ecosystem function and the community. Understanding the total costs (market and non-market) of AIS is important for determining what level of investment delivers the best net benefits for society, and how to prioritise between competing management demands.

Information on trends in the use of debt financing provides context for understanding longer term changes in farm financial performance and the drivers of future productivity growth. This product includes information on agricultural lending up to June 2022 (latest available).

This release consists of an update to the 'Disaggregating Farm Performance Statistics by Size' data dashboard, with the latest data through to 2021-22.