Production
Water consumption by the agriculture industry was 12,191 gigalitres (GL) in 2004-05, accounting for 65% of total water consumption in Australia during that period. Irrigation/rural water providers were the main suppliers of distributed water in 2004-05 accounting for 6,637 GL or 59% of Australia's total distributed water supply. Since 2005 climatic conditions and reduced allocations have caused the total water consumed to decine by 30% from the 2004-2005 figure down to 8,521 GL in 2006-2007 and further to 7,286 GL in 2008-2009. The total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in 2004-05 was A$ 9,076 million compared to A$9,618 million in 2000-01. The gross value of irrigated agricultural production represents around a quarter (23%) of the gross value of agricultural commodities produced in Australia in 2004-05, on less than 1% of agricultural land.
Common crops produced using irrigation include rice, cotton, canola, sugar, various fruits and other tree crops and pasture, hay and grain for use in beef and dairy production.
| Gross value of irrigated agricultural production in A$M |
2000-01 | 2004-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy farming | 1 499 | 1 632 |
| Vegetables | 1 817 | 1 761 |
| Sugar | 284 | 477 |
| Fruit | 1 590 | 1 777 |
| Grapes | 1 355 | 1 314 |
| Cotton | 1 222 | 908 |
| Rice | 350 | 102 |
| Nurseries, cut flowers & turf | 763 | 737 |
| Livestock, pasture, grains & other | 737 | 367 |
| Total | 9 618 | 9 076 |
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