Last update: August 12, 202415, 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.
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Summary table
ISO 3166-1 codes | Alpha 2: AU, Alpha 3: AUS, Numeric: 36 |
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Administrative units | States |
Agricultural seasons | All data is annual, running from October 1 to September 30 |
Major crops | Wheat, maize |
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Administrative (admin) units are the geographical areas into which a country is divided. FEWS NET uses the following terminology: National boundary = admin 0, First sub-national division = admin 1 (e.g., states in the United States), Second sub-national division = admin 2 (e.g., counties in the United States), and so on. |
Admin 1: States.
Crop data
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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.
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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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