Farming industry in Australia
Australia is a major agricultural producer and exporter in the world. It has a large area for vegetable production, so it used extensive farming to minimize inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capitals on the farm. They also employed machinery to help sowing, fertilizing and harvesting of the crops.
Most of Australia's land, about two-thirds, is given over to farming production. About 90 per cent of farm land is for grazing on native pastures, occurring mostly in the arid and semi-arid zones. Cattle and sheep grazing is known as pastoralism and has a long history associated with rural and outback Australia, connecting most Australians.
Australian farmers are frontline environmentals, owning, managing and caring for 48 percent of Australia’s land mass. Australian primary industries have led the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions intensity — a massive 63% reduction between 1996–2016. Australian water consumption decreased in 2014–15 by 7% from 2013–14. The largest decrease in water consumption was in the agriculture industry. Since 2011, areas managed for conservation have continued to expand, to about 18% of Australia’s land area. Farmers are at the frontline of delivering environmental outcomes on behalf of the Australian community, with 94 percent of Australian farmers actively undertaking natural resource management. The NFF was a founding partner of the Landcare movement.
Different state in Australia has different soil conditions and climate. Victoria has rich soil and adequate rainfall, Western Australia has a poor soil condition which is sandy, lack of nitrogen and phosphate. Those conditions cause growing vegetables are harsh in WA.
To overcome the obstacles on location, climate and soil conditions, Australia has developed counter measure by cooperate with the big companies in the world such as syngenta, bayer etc to find out the best varieties of vegetable suit local climate.
Most of Australia's land, about two-thirds, is given over to farming production. About 90 per cent of farm land is for grazing on native pastures, occurring mostly in the arid and semi-arid zones. Cattle and sheep grazing is known as pastoralism and has a long history associated with rural and outback Australia, connecting most Australians.
Australian farmers are frontline environmentals, owning, managing and caring for 48 percent of Australia’s land mass. Australian primary industries have led the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions intensity — a massive 63% reduction between 1996–2016. Australian water consumption decreased in 2014–15 by 7% from 2013–14. The largest decrease in water consumption was in the agriculture industry. Since 2011, areas managed for conservation have continued to expand, to about 18% of Australia’s land area. Farmers are at the frontline of delivering environmental outcomes on behalf of the Australian community, with 94 percent of Australian farmers actively undertaking natural resource management. The NFF was a founding partner of the Landcare movement.
Different state in Australia has different soil conditions and climate. Victoria has rich soil and adequate rainfall, Western Australia has a poor soil condition which is sandy, lack of nitrogen and phosphate. Those conditions cause growing vegetables are harsh in WA.
To overcome the obstacles on location, climate and soil conditions, Australia has developed counter measure by cooperate with the big companies in the world such as syngenta, bayer etc to find out the best varieties of vegetable suit local climate.
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Figure 1: Brocoli growing in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 2: Brocoli growing in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 3: Baby spinach growing in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 4: Baby spinach growing in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 5: Leek growing in sandy environment, not enough nitrogen and phosphate in there without resupplyment
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Figure 6: Leek growing in Western Australia sandy environment similar to beach, not enough nitrogen and phosphate in there without resupplyment
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Figure 6: Vehicle spraying chemical fertilizer to the crops in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 7: Vehicle spraying chemical fertilizer to the crops in Woodridge, Western Australia
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Figure 8: Taking a picture with farmer working in baby spinach farm
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