Agriculture data

This agriculture data has been developed using information sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is from the 2015-16 Agricultural Census and has been cut for the Regional Catchment Strategy’s local areas.

Region wide

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$22,457,534	90	4,064	23,702
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	333	NA	20,784
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	293	NA	52,458
Dairy	$182,466,460	136	3,204	NA
Beef	$148,080,793	724	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$24,349,664	303	NA	NA
Poultry	$276,517,897	175	1,511	NA
Pork	$19,237,224	14	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$69,906,421	288	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$155,889,079	310	2,500	5,088
Vegetables	$437,658,130	265	4,703	13,154
Nurseries	$276,260,622	295	5,315	2,128
Hay	$49,245,131	951	3,693	68,203
TOTAL	$1,662,068,956	4,177	24,990	185,518

Bass Coast, South Gippsland & islands

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$10,277	1	402	35
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	16	NA	210
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	12	NA	387
Dairy	$4,7145,139	101	3481	NA
Beef	$35,914,994	235	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$1,254,367	32	NA	NA
Poultry	$3,559,128	14	14	NA
Pork	$4,278	1	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$80,007	24	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$7,515	4	6	15
Vegetables	$2,849,620	5	66	74
Nurseries	$0	0	23	0
Hay	$4,862,425	217	78	34,721
TOTAL	$95,687,749	662	1,070	35,442

Casey, Cardinia & Baw Baw

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$184,739	7	844	294
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	99	NA	2,711
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	24	NA	1,241
Dairy	$130,763,681	9	1,081	NA
Beef	$79,896,021	120	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$953,581	70	NA	NA
Poultry	$124,220,606	25	444	NA
Pork	$3,337,192	4	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$47,635,485	59	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$19,016,221	28	311	343
Vegetables	$161,524,733	105	983	6,358
Nurseries	$74,660,780	71	1,332	710
Hay	$38,567,071	460	636	24,812
TOTAL	$680,760,110	1,080	5,631	36,468

Mornington Peninsula

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$91,802	4	238	149
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	24	NA	878
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	12	NA	309
Dairy	$0	0	60	NA
Beef	$4,917,291	76	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$187,456	27	NA	NA
Poultry	$97,100,857	61	211	NA
Pork	$8,527	2	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$196,652	49	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$20,529,940	64	277	874
Vegetables	$58,954,282	17	241	1,972
Nurseries	$16,159,709	29	517	106
Hay	$602,080	58	378	783
TOTAL	$198,748,596	422	1,922	5,072

Yarra Ranges & Nillumbik

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$18,568	5	298	54
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	65	NA	813
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	22	NA	295
Dairy	$3,617,230	12	103	NA
Beef	$8,887,251	103	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$652,481	22	NA	NA
Poultry	$13,463,299	23	105	NA
Pork	$476,694	1	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$5,668,976	56	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$101,665,753	184	844	3,182
Vegetables	$7,214,522	32	175	128
Nurseries	$136,793,690	134	1,326	950
Hay	$1,810,885	109	395	2,931
TOTAL	$280,269,348	769	3,246	8,353

Urban Melbourne

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$7,125,672	2	1,375	3,915
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	16	NA	4,351
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	8	NA	7,257
Dairy	$0	2	1,063	NA
Beef	$3,885,131	18	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$1,010,716	9	NA	NA
Poultry	$4,119,317	11	446	NA
Pork	$566	1	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$8,612,733	17	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$7,029,712	6	771	61
Vegetables	$21,054,475	17	1,921	1,972
Nurseries	$30,887,406	39	1,724	199
Hay	$533,442	10	1,355	1,361
TOTAL	$84,259,168	156	8,655	17,544

Macedon Ranges, Hume, Mitchell & Whittlesea

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$2,622,789	18	482	3,481
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	28	NA	1,356
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	67	NA	10,555
Dairy	$940,410	9	269	NA
Beef	$10,215,263	120	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$7,673,334	70	NA	NA
Poultry	$2,942,817	25	169	NA
Pork	$243,602	4	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$880,762	59	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$2,727,380	19	121	395
Vegetables	$80,178,678	8	495	57
Nurseries	$5,679,884	13	184	42
Hay	$1,441,980	61	469	1,602
TOTAL	$115,546,900	501	2,189	17,489

Moorabool, Melton, Wyndham & Greater Geelong

Type of agriculture	Value ($)	No. farms	Employment	Area (ha)
Grains	$12,403,688	53	425	15,774
Crop and pasture management - total area cultivated	NA	85	NA	10,464
Crop residue - total area where crop stuble was managed	NA	148	NA	32,414
Dairy	$0	3	147	NA
Beef	$4,364,842	50	NA	NA
Sheep meat and wool	$12,617,730	75	NA	NA
Poultry	$31,111,874	17	122	NA
Pork	$15,166,365	1	NA	NA
Other livestock (eggs, goats, n.e.c)	$6,831,807	24	NA	NA
Fruit and nuts	$4,912,559	6	170	219
Vegetables	$105,881,820	80	822	4,166
Nurseries	$12,079,153	10	209	121
Hay	$1,427,247	36	382	1,993
TOTAL	$206,797,085	588	2,277	65,151

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