Food Outlook 09/96
Table A.6 - AUSTRALIA: CEREAL PRODUCTION FORECASTS FOR 1996
1994
1995
1996 forecast
Change 1996 over
1995
( . . . . . . . . . . thousand tons . . . . . . . . . . . )
( percentage )
Wheat
8 903
16 975
18 803
+ 10.8
Oats
897
1 672
1 348
- 19.4
Barley
2 791
5 498
5 694
+ 3.6
Sorghum
1 015
1 555
885
- 43.1
Maize
259
317
281
- 11.4
Triticale
108
305
522
+ 71.1
Rice (paddy)
1 127
951
1 300
+ 36.7
SOURCE:
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 3 September 1996.