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Cropping and mixed farms more productive than pure livestock farms
5 Jul 2005
Productivity doubled within Australia’s agricultural sector over the past 30 years, a study by the Productivity Commission found. The Commission said productivity growth increased most vigorously in cropping (with average productivity growth of 3.3 per cent each year) compared with mixed crops/livestock farms (2.5 per cent a year), beef (1.8 per cent) and dairy (1.7 per cent). The Commission said productivity growth in the sheep and sheep-beef industry has been rather modest and insufficient, on average, to offset the deteriorating terms of trade for those sectors. Productivity growth tends to be higher on large farms.
The Age, 05/07/05
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