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A NOTE ON THE EFFECTS ON YIELDS OF SHIFTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BELT

A NOTE ON THE EFFECTS ON YIELDS OF SHIFTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BELT Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 29, No. 3 (December, 1985), pp. 235-243 A NOTE ON THE EFFECTS ON YIELDS OF SHIFTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BELT JOHN P. BRENNAN and LORRAINE J. SPOHR* New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Wagga Wagga, NS W There has been a shift in the location ofwheat production in Australia since the Second World War. This shift has generally been from higher yielding states such as Victoria to lower yielding states such as Western Australia (see Table 1). The possibility that this shift in location has reduced the rate of increase in average Australian wheat yields has been raised by a number of authors, including Dunsdorfs (1956), Warren ( 1969), Campbell (1 977) and Spriggs (I 978). Vincent, Powell and Dixon (I 982) examined the effect on national average wheat yields ofthe change in the location of production between states in the period 1949-50 to 1976-77. They concluded that the change in the distribution of production between states dampened the rate of increase in national wheat yields from 0.45 per cent to 0.38 per cent per year. Watson and Duloy (1 964) examined the effect of wheat acreage shifts on changes in wheat http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics Wiley

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Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 29, No. 3 (December, 1985), pp. 235-243 A NOTE ON THE EFFECTS ON YIELDS OF SHIFTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BELT JOHN P. BRENNAN and LORRAINE J. SPOHR* New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Wagga Wagga, NS W There has been a shift in the location ofwheat production in Australia since the Second World War. This shift has generally been from higher yielding states such as Victoria to lower yielding states such as Western Australia (see Table 1). The possibility that this shift in location has reduced the rate of increase in average Australian wheat yields has been raised by a number of authors, including Dunsdorfs (1956), Warren ( 1969), Campbell (1 977) and Spriggs (I 978). Vincent, Powell and Dixon (I 982) examined the effect on national average wheat yields ofthe change in the location of production between states in the period 1949-50 to 1976-77. They concluded that the change in the distribution of production between states dampened the rate of increase in national wheat yields from 0.45 per cent to 0.38 per cent per year. Watson and Duloy (1 964) examined the effect of wheat acreage shifts on changes in wheat

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Published: Dec 1, 1985

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