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Major Commodities - SugarStill among the most efficient sugarcane and raw sugar producers in the world, Australia pioneered the development of the mechanised cane harvester (pictured). Australia maintains its export competitiveness by continuing to adopt innovative and efficient practices, particularly through mechanisation, new farming techniques and diversification. Ranking in the 'Top Five' of world exporters, Australian canegrowers have overcome many challenges - with highly-distorted world trade markets internationally, and with our widely variable climate domestically - to continue to produce a competitive, high-quality and dependable product. Australian sugar: fast facts
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural Commodities 2009-2010, Catalogue No.7121.0 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural Commodities 2009-2010, Catalogue No.7121.0 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural Commodities 2009-2010, Catalogue No.7121.0 Australian Government, Sugar Research and Development Corporation, Australian Sugar Australian Bureau of Statistics, Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, 2009-2010, Catalogue No. 7503.0 ABARES, Australian Commodity Statistics, 2011. ABARES, Australian Commodity Statistics, 2011. For more, view NFF Farm Facts 2012. Further information |
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