Cropping Management Practices, 1998-1999

\r\n\r\nThis data relates to the proportion of cropping farms which employed\r\nconservation, tillage, direct drilling or traditional cultivation methods in\r\nthe period 1998-1999. The proportion of farms undertaking conservation\r\ncropping techniques is reported at the Statistical Division (SD) level for\r\nAustralia. This data relates to broadacre and dairy farms run by owner\r\nmanagers. The data was collected by Resource Management Supplementary (RMS)\r\nsurvey interview which accompanied the ABARE Annual farm survey in 1998-1999.\r\nThe data is presented at a scale of 25000000. Projection: Albers Equal-Area\r\nConic Datum: WGS84 Central Meridian: 132 Reference Latitude: 0 Standard\r\nParallel 1: -18 Standard Parallel 2: -36 False Easting: 0 False Northing: 0\r\nThe following attributes are contained within the dataset; Sd code a a unique\r\n3 digit code for Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd name a the name of the\r\nStatistical Division (SD), tcstub_pl a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99\r\nsowed by traditional cultivation with the previous crop stubble ploughed in.\r\ntcstub_bu a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by traditional\r\ncultivation with the previous crop stubble burnt, cut or grazed. ddstub_pl a\r\nProportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by direct drilling into the\r\nprevious crop stubble. ddstub_bu a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed\r\nby direct drilling into the previous crop stubble after it has been burnt, cut\r\nor grazed. mtstub_pl a Proportion of farmers that in 1998-99 sowed by minimum\r\ntillage with the previous crop stubble ploughed in. mtstub_bu a Proportion of\r\nfarmers that in 1998-99 sowed by minimum tillage with the previous crop\r\nstubble cut, burnt or grazed Ag_land_ha a hectares of agricultural land use in\r\nthe Statistical Division (SD). Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a\r\nvalue of -99999, whilst areas with no data are assigned a value of -88888.\r\n\r\nSee [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_cmp__r9aa\r\n__00111a00.xml) for more detail.\r\n\r\n