Latest Publications

This reports says that public reporting of national grain stocks in years of drought can help grain consuming businesses work out whether and when to invest in the cost of importing.

This is a compendium of data and information about Australia’s native forests and commercial plantations. Much of the data is current to 2017–18 and has been published in detailed reports.

This Insights snapshot looks at the key aspects of Australia’s forest and sawmilling industries: forest area, log harvest, production, consumption, trade and industry structure.

Australian forest profiles 2019 is an updated series comprising the seven main native forest types, and commercial plantations.

The Demand for farm workers: ABARES farm survey results 2018 report says locals were the most commonly employed workers on farms with backpackers the most common form of overseas workers.

This 24th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 96 fish stocks across 22 fisheries, including those managed both solely and jointly by the by the Australian Government.

This ABARES Insights Snapshot examines how global value chains have created new opportunities for Australian agriculture and how they are important for further opening of import markets.

The value of farm production is forecast to fall by 5 per cent in 2019–20 to $59 billion, according to the Agricultural Commodities September 2019 report.

The September 2019 Crop Report reveals mixed prospects for Australia’s winter crop, with production forecast to rise by 11% in 2019–20 but short of the 10-year average to 2018-19 by 16 per cent.

This Insights report compares the Australian and US agricultural sectors, briefly profiles US agricultural policy, and highlights Australia’s exposure to shifts in global markets from the US-China trade war.