-
SoE2020: Soil and land resources availability and capability
The majority of the Queensland’s land resource (71% or 1,234,099km2) is mainly suitable for grazing. Only 9% (or 157,696km2) is Class A land, suitable for intensive high-... -
SoE2020: Change in available soil and land resources
In the 20 years from 1999 to 2019, <0.1% (63,411km2) of the State changed land use, with 3.6% (54,775km2) of land capable of agricultural production became unavailable for... -
SoE2020: Change in rural land use extent
Since 1999, the proportion of Queensland that is rural land not settled has increased by 6.9 million hectares (ha) (or 34.26%). Cape York Natural Resource Management (NRM)... -
SoE2020: Change in ground cover levels
Ground cover in grazing lands across Queensland declined in 2019 compared to the long-term mean, broadly reflecting decreased average annual rainfall across the state in recent... -
SoE2020: Livestock and meat production
Total Queensland beef and sheep and lamb numbers decreased by nearly 7% from 2013–14 to 2017–18, whereas pig numbers increased 11% over the same period. The total... -
SoE2020: Extent of cropping
Queensland grew an average of 3.86 million hectares of crops per year for the last 10 years. Crops can be either summer or winter-growing. Every year, the area of winter crops... -
SoE2020: Broadacre agriculture production
Broadacre agriculture production in Queensland grew 8% from 2013–14 to 2017–18, reaching 35.5 million tonnes in 2017–18, mostly due to increased sugar cane... -
SoE2020: Horticulture production
Total Queensland horticulture production increased 10% from 1.07 million tonnes in 2013–14 to 1.18 million tonnes in 2017–18, with a peak in production at 1.21...