The History of Ag

European farming practices are quite different to that of Aboriginal land management practices. European farming yield produce through the practices of cultivation of crops and the breeding and raising of livestock. This kind of farming was very land intensive and required vast amounts of land. Early settlers in Australia cleared enormous areas of vegetation to create pastoral and farming land. Erosion was a result of overgrazing. It increased the extent of bare areas, so that …

…cattle grazing and grain growing are the main enterprises on Australia’s farms. Often they have a combination of two or three of these enterprises. Many farms are involved in dairying, horticulture and growing sugar cane. “The products exported from the agriculture sector include wool, wheat, meat, sugar, cotton, dairy products, rice and other grains, and horticultural produce. (Dynamic Ag 3, pg 63). These products are heavily demanded by society and makes up 80% of the total export.