The Australian Bureau of Statistics is moving to new data sources to meet the demand for more timely agricultural statistics with greater regional detail.
The ABS Agricultural Statistics Program announced today it is stopping large agricultural surveys and developing processes to produce future agricultural statistics using new data sources, together with smaller surveys to fill data gaps.
In the livestock sector, gathering and reporting of statistics on issues like national herd size have come into sharp focus recently, with questions raised over the accuracy of Meat & Livestock…