Drought cuts 10 percent off Australian agricultural production

L to R: Samantha Ranatunga, Chairman, HVA Foods PLC; Jan Müggenburg, Chief Executive Officer, Müggenburg Group; Graham Stork, Chief Executive Officer, HVA Foods PLC; Sarva Ameresekere, Group Chairman, George Steuart & Co. Ltd.

SYDNEY, Feb 12, 2008 (AFP) - Drought cut 10 percent off the value of Australia's agricultural production in 2006-07, official figures showed Tuesday.

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Poor crop production fuelled the downturn to a total output of 34.2 billion dollars (30.8 billion US), the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.

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Cotton dipped 46 percent to 514 million dollars, while rice fell 80 percent to 51 million dollars due to an 84 percent slump in production.

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Wheat production was down almost two thirds with wheat-for-grain 51 percent weaker at 2.5 billion dollars. Despite a fall in lamb exports, the value of livestock slaughterings rose three percent to 12.

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4 billion dollars, buoyed by increased production of other livestock.