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ABARES latest Insights report examines the drivers of food demand in Indonesia and outlines opportunities for Australian agricultural exporters.

The latest Australian Crop Report states winter crop production in 2021–22 is forecast to reach a new national record of 58.4 million tonnes, driven mostly by forecast of record high production in Western Australia and the second highest on record in New South Wales.

This biannual report presents 2020-21 data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity such as new housing commencements and the trade of wood products.

The Labour use in Australian agriculture: Analysis of survey results report has found improved growing conditions and farm-level adaptations have countered the reduced availability of overseas labour during COVID-19.

ABARES in collaboration with the Drought and Farm Resilience Division (in the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment) have published this annual report on the level of lending to the agriculture sector. The analysis in the report focuses on lending to farm business entities and the performance of these entities in meeting their loan servicing commitments from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

This report presents an outlook on the availability of and demand for raw wood fibres by geographic region and country. The analysis looks into potential changes in global trade flows, and regional and country level trade balances that could affect Australia’s forestry sector.

This report provides information and research on conservation, management and use of the genetic diversity in Australia's native forest and plantation trees. It includes Australia's Country Report to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations' second State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources Report.

This Position Paper identifies drivers for change in the mechanism of forest reporting in Australia, and options for modernising the process. Online-first reporting will permit focus on key metrics, data updates at variable frequencies, the opportunity to highlight key advances as they occur, and publication of a five-yearly ‘Synthesis Report’.

This report summarises the results from the Natural Resource Management and Drought Resilience Survey and displays them on an interactive dashboard. The survey included questions on management practices relating to farm financial diversification, farm planning and management, and the use of NRM and other farming practices.

In this report, plantation areas and forecast log availability are presented nationally and by National Plantation Inventory (NPI) regions for softwood and hardwood plantation types. This is based on data collected from private growers and grower representatives and public state and territory agencies. This data is published every 5 years and supports strategic forest industry planning and decision–making.