The productivity of Western Australia's wheat and sheep industry

Authors

Tim Coelli
Ross KingwellFollow

Keywords

Wheat, Sheep, Production possibilities, Productivity, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Sheep and Goat Science

First Page Number

142

Last Page Number

145

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

A popular economic lament is that Australian industries and workers are not as productive as they should be. Politicians and economic commentators preach the need for productivity improvement and workplace reform, and criticise inefficiency and lack of endeavour. Can such criticism be fairly levelled at farmers and agricultural scientists? What is productivity and how is it measured? What is the productivity of Western Australia's main agricultural industry — wheat and sheep farming? This article addresses these questions and shows that our wheat-sheep industry can be moderately proud of its productivity record

Recommended Citation

Coelli, Tim and Kingwell, Ross (1991) "The productivity of Western Australia's wheat and sheep industry," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 32: No. 4, Article 8.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol32/iss4/8