The name is absent

3. Changes in Area of Winter Crops in Regions of NSW

Data are not available on a regional level for the same time period. ABARE and ABS no
longer publish annual regional data at the shire or district level. However, regional data based
on estimates of District Agronomists of NSW Department of Primary Industries are available
since 1993. While these data are not as reliable as those at the state level, they provide a
valuable source of information for comparisons within NSW.

Within NSW, four main regions for District Agronomist estimates are defined, based on the
silo groups and recommendation zones for wheat:

• North east

• North west

• South east

• South west

The Agronomy Districts comprising each of the regions are listed in Table 4. These regions
include some Districts where there is no significant winter cropping, but they are included for
completeness. Some of the Agronomy Districts have significant levels of irrigated production
of winter crops, and some contain irrigation systems aimed at summer crops such as cotton
and rice. However, most remain essentially dryland production systems. Because of the
difficulty of obtaining accurate data on crops under irrigation, it is not possible to separate
irrigated and dryland production in the analysis. It is clear, however, that the major winter
crop production Districts in the south-west region predominantly have non-irrigated dryland
cropping.

Table 4: Definition of Regions in NSW: Agronomy Districts by Region

Significant cropping districts are in bold

* Districts with significant irrigated winter cropping

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