Australian Farms

There are nearly 136,000 farms producing a wide variety of grains, vegetables and meats.

Australia is among the world's largest and most successful and efficient producers of cattle and sheep and a leader in the export of red meat and livestock. The total value of the Australian beef and sheep meat industry is A$16.1 billion and the industry employs 172,000 people, making it an important part of the Australian economy, as well as an important part Australia's cultural identity.

Australian organic farming

Australia has one of the largest areas of certified organic land in the world. This is helped largely by the extensive agricultural land in Australia, much of which is suitable for low-input farming and organic farming. Churinga Station is one of the largest certified organic lamb properties in the world. The station is located 130 kilometres from Broken Hill, near Wilcannia. Churinga Hill produces sought after organic lamb that is sold into top restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne, to Woolworths for their macro brand and specialty butchers as well as to overseas markets. Properties like Churinga are well suited to organic production due to the perennial native pastures and vegetation.

Australian organic farming is expected to grow 14% in 2011 and is the fastest growing production industry in the country.

Farm machinery

Whilst organic farms practice low input farming methods, farm sites in more arable areas of the country such as central NSW around Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst use some herbicides, pesticides and farming machinery. In addition to this machinery, farm tractors such as those imported from John Deere farm in the United States are used to assist farmers in Aus.