Welcome to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics research division of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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Agricultural Commodities Report September 2025

Higher livestock product prices driving record overall sector production values for 2025-2026.

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Australian Crop Report September 2025

National winter crop production to be third largest on record.

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Crop loss/waste on Australian horticulture farms, 2023–24

Average percentage of crop loss/waste in 2023–24 was 20% per farm, with crop loss/waste varying significantly depending on crop type.

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Financial performance of dairy farms 2022–23 to 2024–25

Profitability fell in 2023–24, albeit from record high levels in the previous two years. The average farm cash income of dairy farms was estimated to have been $369,700 per farm.

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Financial performance of broadacre farms 2022–23 to 2024–25

Profitability fell sharply in 2023–24, due to lower farmgate prices for beef cattle, sheep and wool, as well as below-average rainfall in some broadacre cropping regions.

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Australia’s native forests and wood production

This Insights paper describes Australia’s native production forests, the sustainable wood harvesting that is carried out within them, and other ecosystem services that they provide.

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