This report is a first step towards understanding productivity in the plantation forestry sector and uses a partial productivity measure of Mean Annual Increment (MAI) which is the average annual volume growth per hectare of a plantation over its entire age.
The state of Australia’s forests is reported across 44 indicators that are being progressively updated. This release includes eight updated indicators. These indicators and associated content are published as components of Australia’s State of the Forests Report, presenting comprehensive information on all of Australia's forests, including biophysical, conservation, social, cultural and economic aspects of forests.
Australia’s national winter crop outlook remains robust, with production on track to reach 66.3 million tonnes – the second-largest winter crop on record.
The value of agricultural production forecast to increase by 6% to $99.5 billion in 25-26, driven by rising livestock and livestock product prices and steady crop production value.
This Insights report demonstrates that during periods of heightened construction activity and demand for structural sawnwood, domestic production is supplemented by supply from overseas, which insulates Australian consumers from significant price effects. This is expected to continue.
This biannual report presents historic statistical information for Australia's forest and wood products industries. This issue includes the latest 2024-25 data for trade of forest and wood products as well as previously published data on the value and volume of production for forestry sector activity to 2023-24.
Total Australian agricultural R&D funding in 2024-25 is expected to be $3.0 billion. This is broadly in line with the real level of funding in 2023-24. The public sector remains the largest funder of agricultural R&D, based on updated and revised data.
The Australian Gridded Farm Data (AGFD) are a set of national simulated farm business data produced by ABARES. The AGFD contains maps of simulated data on historical and projected farm business outcomes including profitability on an 0.05-degree (approximately 5 km) grid.
This Insights article outlines Australia’s agricultural policy reform journey and aims to highlight lessons that other developed countries can draw on to undertake their own reforms.
The ABARES Farm Data Portal is a data dashboard that allows users to access ABARES farm performance statistics for the broadacre and dairy industry. This release adds a data download feature to the data tool, which allows users to directly download a data series of their choice.
