Australian winter broadacre crop production has staged a significant recovery, with the latest insights from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealing a 20% rise in total value for the 2024-25 financial year.
Local producers sold 61.1 million tonnes of crops, generating $22.5 billion in value.
"Winter crop production rose 22% in 2024-25. This increase led to a 20% rise in the value of winter crops sold, coming in at $22.5 billion dollars for local producers," said Trent Lind, ABS head of agriculture statistics.
Lind noted that roughly 2% of this reported value increase reflects the addition of faba bean and field pea statistics, published for the first time under the ABS' modernised approach.
Despite the robust growth, current figures remain below the record highs achieved in 2022-23, when 68.6 million tonnes were sold for $26.3 billion.