Cropping Management Practices, 1998-1999

Brief description

This data relates to the proportion of cropping farms which employed
conservation, tillage, direct drilling or traditional cultivation methods in
the period 1998-1999. The proportion of farms undertaking conservation
cropping techniques is reported at the Statistical Division (SD) level for
Australia. This data relates to broadacre and dairy farms run by owner
managers. The data was collected by Resource Management Supplementary (RMS)
survey interview which accompanied the ABARE Annual farm survey in 1998-1999.
The data is presented at a scale of 25000000. Projection: Albers Equal-Area
Conic Datum: WGS84 Central Meridian: 132 Reference Latitude: 0 Standard
Parallel 1: -18 Standard Parallel 2: -36 False Easting: 0 False Northing: 0
The following attributes are contained within the dataset; Sd code a a unique
3 digit code for Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd name a the name of the
Statistical Division (SD), tcstub_pl a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99
sowed by traditional cultivation with the previous crop stubble ploughed in.
tcstub_bu a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by traditional
cultivation with the previous crop stubble burnt, cut or grazed. ddstub_pl a
Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by direct drilling into the
previous crop stubble. ddstub_bu a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed
by direct drilling into the previous crop stubble after it has been burnt, cut
or grazed. mtstub_pl a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by minimum
tillage with the previous crop stubble ploughed in. mtstub_bu a Proportion of
farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by minimum tillage with the previous crop
stubble cut, burnt or grazed Ag_land_ha a hectares of agricultural land use in
the Statistical Division (SD). Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a
value of -99999, whilst areas with no data are assigned a value of -88888.

See [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_cmp__r9aa
__00111a00.xml) for more detail.

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