AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Petrel Sub-basin Marine Survey (GA-0335 / SOL5463) (NLECI Program) - Processed sub bottom profiler data

The survey was undertaken as a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The purpose was to acquire geophysical and biophysical data on shallow (less than 100 m water depth) seabed environments within two targeted areas in the Petrel Sub-basin to support investigation for CO2 storage potential in these areas.
Sub bottom profiler data were acquired using a sparker source and a 24 channel streamer, and processed as shallow, high resolution, multi-channel seismic reflection data.

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Tags: CO2 capture, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Sub bottom profiles, marine, marine survey, seismic reflection, seismic sections
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Australian grains: outlook for 2016-17 and industry productivity

Overview  

 This publication summarises the forecasts presented in the December 2016 editions of ABARES Australian crop report and Agricultural commodities as well as material from an ABARES report on productivity in the Australian grains industry released in October 2016. 

 This publication was commissioned by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). 

 Key Issues  

 World indicator prices of wheat and coarse grains are forecast to fall in 2016-17 as a result of expected plentiful supplies globally. In contrast, world oilseeds indicator prices are forecast to rise because of a fall in supplies in the early part of 2016-17. 

 Favourable seasonal conditions in most cropping regions during spring boosted the production potential of crops, which were generally in very good condition at the end of winter. Total winter crop production is forecast to rise by 32 per cent in 2016-17 to a record 52.4 million tonnes. 

	Total area planted to summer crops is forecast to rise by 15 per cent in 2016-17 to around 1.4 million hectares. Producers are expected to increase planted area in response to favourable levels of soil moisture early in the planting window and plentiful supplies of irrigation water. Total summer crop production is forecast to rise by 21 per cent in 2016-17 to around 4.6 million tonnes. 

	The cropping industry recorded the second highest total factor productivity growth--at 1.8 per cent--of all broadacre industries between 2000-01 and 2013-14. Key drivers of cropping industry productivity growth include larger machinery and cropping equipment, new plant varieties, better water management and a better understanding of harvesting and planting strategies. 

Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, cropping, crops, grains, productivity
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian Crop Report: February 2017 No. 181

The report is a quarterly report with a consistent and regular assessment of crop prospects for major field crops, forecasts of area, yield and production and a summary of seasonal conditions on a state by state basis. 

 In this edition of the Australian crop report, ABARES will release its latest forecast of summer crop production in 2016-17 and its latest estimate of winter crop production in 2016-17. 

 Key issues  • Planting of 2016-17 summer crops is largely completed and planted area is estimated to have increased from last year because of above average spring rainfall. However, yields of dryland summer crops are expected to be constrained by hot and dry seasonal conditions during summer. 
• The Bureau of Meteorology's latest three-month rainfall outlook suggests above average rainfall is unlikely across the major summer cropping regions in Queensland and northern New South Wales. 
• Harvesting of 2016-17 winter crops is now largely complete and production is estimated to have exceeded the forecast of record production presented in the December 2016 edition of Australian crop report. 


Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, AGRICULTURE Crops statistics, Australia, Australian, CLIMATE AND WEATHER El Nino, CLIMATE AND WEATHER La Nina, December, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, autumn, autumn rainfall, barley, canola, chickpeas, climatic and agronomic conditions, consumer, cotton, crop development, crop harvesting, crop planting, crops, grains, lupins, oilseeds, production, rice, soil moisture conditions, sorghum, south-eastern Australia, spring, spring rainfall, statistics, summer rainfall, wheat, winter, winter rainfall
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian crop report: September 2016 No.179

The report is a quarterly report with a consistent and regular assessment of crop prospects for major field crops, forecasts of area, yield and production and a summary of seasonal conditions on a state by state basis. 

 Key issues  • Seasonal conditions in most cropping regions during winter were very favourable, and crops are generally in very good condition at the beginning of spring. 
• In parts of New South Wales and far southern Western Australia crops were waterlogged by very high winter rainfall, which is expected to constrain yields in these regions. 
• In its latest three-month rainfall outlook (September to November 2016), issued on 25 August 2016, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast spring rainfall to be around average in most cropping regions in Australia. 
• Total winter crop production is forecast to rise by 16 per cent in 2016-17 to a record 46.1 million tonnes, driven by significant increases in forecast production in Western Australia and Victoria. 
• Wheat production is forecast to increase by 16 per cent in 2016-17 to 28.1 million tonnes, barley production by 11 per cent to 9.5 million tonnes and canola production by 23 per cent to around 3.6 million tonnes. Wheat and barley production are both forecast to be the second highest on record and canola production to be the third highest. 
• Total area planted to summer crops is forecast to rise by 21 per cent in 2016-17 to around 1.4 million hectares. Planting conditions for dryland crops are expected to be favourable, and supplies of irrigation water for irrigated crops are expected to be higher than in 2015-16. 
• Forecast increases in area planted to rice and cotton in 2016-17 are expected to more than offset a forecast fall in area planted to grain sorghum. 
• Total summer crop production is forecast to rise by 28 per cent to around 4.8 million tonnes. 


Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, AGRICULTURE Crops statistics, Australian, CLIMATE AND WEATHER El Nino, CLIMATE AND WEATHER La Nina, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, New South Wales, Queensland, September, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, autumn, autumn rainfall, climatic and agronomic conditions, crop harvesting, crop planting, crops, production, soil moisture conditions, south eastern Australia, spring, spring rainfall, statistics, summer, summer rainfall, winter, winter rainfall
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: University of Texas

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCL 1.306) is a general collection of more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. Many of the maps are included in the University of Texas Library Catalog. More than 11,000 map images from the collection are also available online via this link. Maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated. Maps dated 1976 were taken from The Indian Ocean Atlas, published by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Tags: Bathymetry, Contours, Land Surface, Landforms, Oceans, Seafloor Topography, Terrain Elevation, Topography, WORLD OCEAN, topography
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
Australian crop report: June 2016 No.178

The report is a quarterly report with a consistent and regular assessment of crop prospects for major field crops, forecasts of area, yield and production and a summary of seasonal conditions on a state by state basis. 


 Key issues  • There has been a generally favourable start to the 2016-17 winter crop season, especially in Western Australia. Seasonal conditions have been more varied in the eastern states but there was timely above average rainfall in late autumn and early winter in these states. 
• According to the latest three-month rainfall outlook (June to August 2016) issued by the Bureau of Meteorology on 26 May 2016, winter rainfall is likely to be above average in most cropping regions. 
• The total area planted to winter crops in Australia is forecast to increase by around 1 per cent in 2016-17 to 22.3 million hectares. The area planted to canola, oats and some pulses is forecast to increase. However, the area planted to wheat and barley is forecast to decline, reflecting more favourable expected returns from growing other crops. 
• Total winter crop production is forecast to rise by 7 per cent in 2016-17 to 42.3 million tonnes, which largely reflects a forecast increase in average yields. 
• Harvesting of 2015-16 summer crops is now largely complete. Total Australian summer crop production is estimated to have fallen by 13 per cent in 2015-16 to 3.7 million tonnes, largely because of a fall in rice production


Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, AGRICULTURE Crops statistics, Australian, CLIMATE AND WEATHER El Nino, CLIMATE AND WEATHER La Nina, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, June, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, autumn, autumn rainfall, climatic and agronomic conditions, crop development, crop harvesting, crop planting, crops, production, soil moisture conditions, south-eastern Australia, spring, spring rainfall, statistics, summer, summer rainfall, winter, winter rainfall
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian lamb: Financial performance of lamb producers, 2013-14 to 2015-16 - Research report 16.9

Overview  

 This report presents detailed financial performance estimates for lamb producers for 2013-14 to 2015-16, with an emphasis on 2014-15 results. Lamb producing farms are defined as those Australian broadacre farm businesses that sold, on average, 200 or more lambs for slaughter a year over the three years ending 2014-15. 

 The report draws on data from the ABARES annual Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS). This survey has been conducted by ABARES and its predecessors since 1977-78 and provides government and industry stakeholders with important data for analysing and monitoring changes in Australia's broadacre industries. 

 Meat & Livestock Australia commissioned and funded this report. 


 Key Issues  
• Farm cash income of lamb producing farms rose on average over the period 2013-14 to 2014-15. The majority of the rise in farm incomes came from higher beef and lamb receipts due to increased prices and sales for both commodities. Average farm cash income of lamb producing farms is estimated to have increased further in 2015-16 mainly as a result of increased crop, wool and beef cattle sales. 
• Average incomes of lamb producing farms are estimated to have risen from 2014-15 to 2015-16 in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The majority of the increase in farm incomes in these states was from higher cropping receipts. 
• In real terms, the estimated average farm incomes for 2014-15 and 2015-16 were among the highest recorded since 2001-02. 
• Rate of return (excluding capital appreciation) for lamb producers fell marginally from 2.6 per cent in 2013-14 to 2.5 per cent in 2014-15. The average rate of return is estimated to have increased in 2015-16 to around 3.0 per cent, reflecting higher incomes. 
• Average debt for lamb producers increased in real terms by around 88 per cent from $323 000 in 2000-01 (in 2015-16 dollars) to an estimated $605 000 in 2015-16. Increases in average debt over the past 15 years have been largely the consequence of increases in average farm size and borrowing for land purchase, as well as for ongoing working capital. 
• Overall, changes in average debt over time have been modest relative to lamb producers' capacity to service debt by generating income. On average, around 8 per cent of lamb producers' farm cash receipts were used to make interest payments over the 10 years to 2015-16. In 2015-16 an estimated 6 per cent of farm cash receipts were used to make interest payments. 


Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Livestock, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY Primary statistics, Meat and Livestock Australia, financial performance, financial performance lamb producers
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian lamb: Financial performance of slaughter lamb producing farms, 2012-13 to 2014-15

This report presents detailed financial performance of slaughter lamb producing farms in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 and discusses productivity in a historical context. The report was commissioned by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and expands on results that were published in  Agricultural Commodities (March quarter 2015)  and the  Australian farm survey results 2012-13 to 2014-15  report released in March 2015. 

 Key Issues  
• Most farms producing lambs for slaughter are mixed enterprises, deriving receipts from cropping, beef cattle, sheep and wool and from the sale of slaughter lambs. 
• Farm cash income of specialist slaughter lamb producing farms, those farms most reliant on lamb production, is estimated to have increased from an average of $80 900 a farm in 2013-14 to $98 300 a farm in 2014-15. This increase was mainly a result of higher prices for lambs and sheep. 
• Farm cash incomes and business profit of all slaughter lamb producers are estimated to have fallen in 2014-15 compared with 2013-14. Reduced grain production in 2014-15 is estimated to have resulted in lower average total receipts of slaughter lamb producing farms despite an increase in sheep and lamb receipts mainly a result of increased prices. Average farm cash income of slaughter lamb producers is estimated to have declined by 8 per cent from an average of $180 100 a farm in 2013-14 to $166 000 a farm in 2014-15, in real terms. 
• Farm debt of slaughter lamb producing farms averaged $649 577 a farm in 2013-14, slightly more than that in 2012-13 ($641 400). Farm debt is estimated to have reduced in 2014-15 compared with 2013-14 as a result of loan repayment and reductions in new borrowings. 
• Asset values and new investment remain high for slaughter lamb producing farms and while debt is also high, equity ratios and debt servicing are in line with long-term averages. 


Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Livestock, Australian flock, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY Primary statistics, costs, debt, equity, farm cash income, financial performance, grain finishing of lambs, investment, lamb, lamb receipts, lamb turn-off, slaughter lamb producers
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian grains: financial performance of grain farms, 2013-14 to 2015-16

Overview  
 This report presents detailed financial performance estimates for grain producing farms for 2013-14 to 2015-16, with an emphasis on 2014-15 results. Grain producing farms are defined as those Australian broadacre farm businesses that grew at least 40 hectares of grain, oilseed or pulse crops. 

 The report draws on data from the ABARES annual Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS). This survey has been conducted by ABARES and its predecessors since 1977-78 and provides government and industry stakeholders with important data for analysing and monitoring changes in Australia's broadacre industries. 

 The AAGIS is funded by The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. 

 This report was commissioned and funded by the GRDC. 

 Key Issues  
• Farm cash income for grain producing farms is estimated to have increased by 7 per cent in 2014-15 to an average of $229 000 a farm as higher total cash receipts more than offset a small rise in total cash costs. The average rate of return was 2.8 per cent. In 2015-16 average farm cash income is estimated to have increased further to around $258 000 and the average rate of return to have increased to around 3.5 per cent. 
• Specialist grain farms (grain farms that obtained more than 50 per cent of their total receipts from crops sales) recorded an average farm cash income of $304 000 in 2014-15; for non-specialist farms it was about $124 000. On average, from 2000-01 to 2015-16, specialist farms recorded farm cash incomes around $125 000 higher than non-specialist farms. 
• The Western region recorded higher average farm incomes and rates of return than the Northern and Southern regions in 2014-15. The Western region is estimated to have again been the best performing region in 2015-16. 
• The cropping industry recorded the second highest total factor productivity growth - at 1.8 per cent - of all broadacre industries between 2000-01 and 2013-14. Key drivers of cropping industry productivity include new plant varieties, better water management and improvements in cropping equipment technology. 


Tags: Agricultural Commodities, Australian farm survey results, Australian grains, Farming, GRDC, Grains Research and Development Corporation, farm financial performance, grain farms
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Agricultural commodity statistics 2016

This annual report is a compendium of historical statistics covering the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors. 

 It provides a set of comprehensive statistical tables on Australian and world prices, production, consumption, stocks and trade for 19 rural commodities. The commodities covered include grains and oilseeds, livestock, livestock products, wool, horticulture, forestry products and fisheries products. 

 The report also contains statistics on agricultural water use and macroeconomic indicators such as economic growth, employment, balance of trade, exchange rates and interest rates. 

Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, AGRICULTURE Horticulture, AGRICULTURE Irrigation, AGRICULTURE Livestock, AGRICULTURE statistics, Australian, ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS Macroeconomics, FISHERIES, FISHERIES statistics, FORESTS, FORESTS statistics, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY Primary statistics, WATER, agriculture, coarse grains, commodities, economic, employment, food, forestry, historical, horticulture, livestock, macroeconomic indicators, statistics, trade, wheat, wine, wool
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Agricultural commodity statistics 2015

This annual report is a compendium of historical statistics covering the agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry sectors. It provides a set of comprehensive statistical tables on Australian and world prices, production, consumption, stocks and trade for 19 rural commodities. 
 The commodities covered include grains and oilseeds, livestock, livestock products, food, wool, horticulture, forestry products and fisheries products. 
 This report also contains statistics on agricultural water use and macroeconomic indicators such as economic growth, employment, balance of trade, exchange rates and interest rates.

Tags: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE Crops, AGRICULTURE Horticulture, AGRICULTURE Irrigation, AGRICULTURE Livestock, AGRICULTURE statistics, Australian, ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS Macroeconomics, FISHERIES, FORESTS statistics, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY Primary statistics, WATER, agriculture, coarse grains, commodities, economic, employment, food, forestry, historical, horticulture, livestock, macroeconomic indicators, statistics, trade, wheat, wine, wool
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian forest and wood products statistics: March and June quarters 2016

This issue of the Australian forest and wood products statistics (AFWPS) presents 2014-15 data for key indicators of domestic forestry sector activity, including sales and service income and industry value added. Interim estimates of the volume and value of logs harvested for 2015-16 are also included, along with housing and other residential commencements and trade statistics for wood products. 


Tags: AFWPS, AGRICULTURE, Australia, Australian, FORESTS, FORESTS Natural, FORESTS Plantation, FORESTS statistics, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY statistics, area, commodities, consumption, exports, forest, forestry, forests, gross, harvested, imports, logs, panel, pater, plantation, product, production, products, statistics, trade, trade data, trading partners, value, volume, wood, woodchip
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian fisheries economic indicators report 2015: financial and economic performance of the Northern Prawn Fishery

Overview  
 This report presents results of the 2015 Northern Prawn Fishery survey, comprising survey based estimates of financial and economic performance for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years, as well as non-survey based estimates of economic performance for the fishery in the 2014-15 financial year. Other indicators presented in the report include the total factor productivity index, input costs and ouput prices and management costs. 

 The Australian fisheries economic indicators report expands on and takes the place of the former Australian fisheries surveys report. The information and analysis contained in these reports are accessed by policy makers, managers, researchers and industry. Alongside the usual detailed information about the financial performance of the average vessel and the overall economic performance of the fishery, this report also provides analysis of additional economic indicators for the Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery. The construction of these indicators draw upon the data collected through the fisheries survey program. Together with the financial and economic performance information, these indicators help to form a comprehensive picture of the economic performance of the Northern Prawn Fishery over a number of years. 

 Key Issues  
• The report has found that profit at full equity, a profit indicator that assumes that all assets are fully owned by operators, increased for the average boat in the fishery between 2012-13 and 2013-14, from $239 066 to $382 939. 
• Net economic returns (NER) for the fishery rose from $5.2 million in 2012-13 to $12.3 million in 2013-14. The increase in NER from 2012-13 to 2013-14 was primarily driven by faster growth in fishing income than in fishing costs. The growth in fishing income was driven by increased landings of tiger prawns and banana prawns offsetting slightly lower beach prices for each. 
• The report indicates that total factor productivity (TFP) improved from 2004-05 to 2013-14. A strong relationship is evident between TFP and landed banana prawn catch, which is in turn largely dependent on seasonal conditions. Improved productivity also reflects the targeting of maximum economic yield (MEY) in the tiger prawn component of the fishery from 2004-05, effort reduction targets by management and the structural adjustment package (completed 2006-07) removing excess capital in the industry. 


Tags: AGRICULTURE, Australian, FISHERIES, FISHERIES Marine, FISHERIES production, FISHERIES statistics, Farming, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY Primary, INDUSTRY Primary statistics, MARINE Biology, MARINE Human Impacts, NER, NPF, Net economic return, Northern Prawn Fishery, economic, estimates, financial, fish, performance, prawn, skipper demographics, statitics, survey, surveys
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences