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Last update: August 1215, 2024

This page contains information about some of the data available in the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE) for Australia. This is not a comprehensive guide.

For information about using the filters and fields for specific domains in the FDE, see Choose a Data Domain.

Summary table

ISO 3166-1 codes

Alpha 2: AU, Alpha 3: AUS, Numeric: 36

Administrative units

States

Agricultural seasons

All data is annual, running from October 1 to September 30

Major crops

Wheat, maize

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Admin 1: States.

Crop data

Explore our crop data.

View our documentation on using the Crop Domain.

Crop estimate data sources

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Since 1984, the Australian agricultural cropping year runs between October 1 and September 30 (year+1, e.g., October 2023 to September 2024). It is common to refer to Australian cropping years using a two-year notation (e.g., 2018-2019), but if only one year is mentioned, it refers to the first year of the two, as in XXXX/YYYY = XXXX.

Info

add exampleExample: The 2018/2019 cropping year may be described as 2018.

Summer

Summer crops in the Northern Region are planted from September to February (year+1), with harvests from February to May.

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A full description of the crop assessment and forecasting methodology used by ABARES is available in the FDW Mayan Australia cabinet, in the Supporting Documents domain FEWS NET document management system. It is entitled "The Australian Agricultural Forecasting System (AAFS), ABARES, March 2022.

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