Wine grape farms in the Murray-Darling Basin

Wine grape farms in the Murray-Darling Basin presents key farm performance measures for irrigated wine grape farms in the Basin, including data on water trading and use of irrigation technologies and 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 wine grape farms in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, where most of the Basin's wine grapes are produced. Average farm cash incomes of wine grape farms rose from 2006-07 to 2011-12 before falling in 2012-13 in response to lower grape production. An increase in production contributed to slightly higher average farm cash incomes in 2013-14 and 2014-15. \r\n\r\n Grape crops in many areas of the Basin require regular irrigation because of the warm and relatively dry climate. From 2006-07 to 2014-15 the average volume of water used on wine grape farms mostly increased with this increase mainly due to an increase in average farm size. The proportion of grape farms using drip/trickle irrigation technologies has increased. \r\n\r\n The number of grape growers trading temporary water allocations varied from year to year. The years with the highest proportions of net buyers were 2007-08 and 2008-09.

墨累-达令盆地（Murray-Darling Basin）酿酒葡萄农场数据集提供了该盆地内灌溉型酿酒葡萄农场的关键经营绩效指标，涵盖水交易数据与灌溉技术使用情况，重点覆盖2012-13至2014-15财年的调研成果。

ABARES（澳大利亚农业与资源经济科学局）自2006-07财年起，针对墨累-达令盆地选定产业与区域内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。

本报告聚焦于墨累-达令盆地南部的酿酒葡萄农场——该区域贡献了盆地绝大多数的酿酒葡萄产量。酿酒葡萄农场的平均现金收入在2006-07至2011-12财年呈上升趋势，后因葡萄产量下滑在2012-13财年出现回落；2013-14与2014-15财年产量回升推动平均现金收入小幅上扬。

由于气候温暖且相对干燥，盆地内多数区域的葡萄作物需要定期灌溉。2006-07至2014-15财年间，酿酒葡萄农场的平均用水量整体呈上升态势，这一变化主要源于农场平均规模的扩大。采用滴灌/微灌（drip/trickle irrigation）技术的葡萄农场占比也有所提升。

参与临时水配额交易的葡萄种植者数量逐年波动。净买入者占比最高的两个年度为2007-08与2008-09财年。