Horticulture farms in the Murray-Darling Basin 2012-13 to 2014-15

Horticulture farms in the Murray-Darling Basin presents key farm performance measures for irrigated citrus, pome and stone fruit growing farms in the Basin, including data on water trading and use of irrigation technologies, with an emphasis on results from 2012-13 to 2014-15. \r\n\r\n ABARES has conducted surveys of irrigation farms in selected industries and regions in the Murray-Darling Basin since 2006-07. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) funded this latest survey. \r\n\r\n This report focuses on citrus, pome fruit and stone fruit growing farms in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The Basin accounts for about three-quarters of Australia's citrus, pome fruit and stone fruit production with a large percentage of these crops grown in the southern Basin. \r\n\r\n Average farm cash income for citrus farms increased to around $90 000 in 2013-14 and then declined to around $72 000 in 2014-15. Pome fruit and stone fruit growers achieved average farm cash incomes of around $108 000 and $75 000 in 2013-14 and 2014-15, respectively. \r\n\r\n In 2014-15 the average rate of return (excluding capital appreciation) was 0.4 per cent for citrus growers and 0.7 per cent for pome and stone fruit growers. \r\n\r\n An increasing proportion of citrus farms used drip/trickle systems and fewer farms used low-throw sprinklers. Other irrigation systems used by citrus growers included micro sprays, overhead sprinklers and flood/furrow irrigation. Low-throw sprinklers and drip/trickle irrigation were also the most commonly used systems on stone fruit farms. Pome fruit was irrigated using a range of systems, with the most popular systems being low-throw sprinklers, micro sprays and drip/trickle irrigation. \r\n\r\n Few citrus growers traded water from 2010-11 to 2012-13, but around 54 per cent were net sellers of water in 2013-14. Most pome and stone fruit growers were non-traders in all years except 2007-08 and 2013-14.

墨累-达令盆地（Murray-Darling Basin）园艺农场数据集涵盖了该盆地内灌溉型柑橘、仁果及核果种植农场的核心经营绩效指标，包含水权交易与灌溉技术应用相关数据，研究时段重点聚焦2012-13至2014-15年度。

澳大利亚农业与资源经济科学局（ABARES）自2006-07年度起，便针对墨累-达令盆地内选定产业与区域的灌溉农场开展调研。本次最新调研由墨累-达令盆地管理局（Murray-Darling Basin Authority, MDBA）资助。

本数据集聚焦墨累-达令盆地南部的柑橘、仁果及核果种植农场。该盆地的柑橘、仁果与核果产量约占澳大利亚全国总产量的四分之三，其中相当比例的作物种植于盆地南部区域。

2013-14年度，柑橘种植农场的平均农场现金收入增长至约9万澳元，随后在2014-15年度回落至约7.2万澳元。仁果与核果种植户在2013-14及2014-15年度的平均农场现金收入分别约为10.8万澳元与7.5万澳元。

2014-15年度，柑橘种植户的平均资产收益率（不含资本增值）为0.4%，仁果与核果种植户则为0.7%。

采用滴灌/微灌系统的柑橘农场占比逐年提升，而使用低喷灌喷头的农场数量有所减少。柑橘种植户采用的其他灌溉系统还包括微喷灌、高架喷灌以及漫灌/沟灌。核果农场最常用的灌溉系统同样为低喷灌喷头与滴灌/微灌系统。仁果种植则采用多种灌溉系统，其中最受欢迎的分别是低喷灌喷头、微喷灌以及滴灌/微灌系统。

2010-11至2012-13年度，参与水权交易的柑橘种植户寥寥无几，但在2013-14年度，约54%的柑橘种植户为水权净售出方。除2007-08与2013-14年度外，多数仁果与核果种植户在其余年份均未参与水权交易。