Tham khảo tài liệu 'tiếng anh chuyên ngành nông nghiệp – phần 2', ngoại ngữ, anh văn thương mại phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 19 several trailers has also predominantly replaced the old stock routes in moving cattle around the territory and to market. Output of beef in the mid-1990s was more than million tones and of milk million litres. Although only about 10 per cent of the total area of Australia is under crop or fodder production this acreage is not great economic importance. Wheat crops occupy about 45 per cent of cultivated acreage and fodder crops and other grains occupy 20 per cent. Wheat production is highly mechanized and the crop is grown in all states the south-eastern and south-western regions of the country are responsible for the bulk of production. Annual production has decreased in recent years because of shifts into new higher earning crops. Output was about million tones in 1992 compared with more than 14 million tones in the early 1990s about 70 per cent is exported. About million tones of sugar cane were produced in 1994. Many types of fruit are grown including apples bananas grapes oranges pears pineapples and papayas. The major wine-producing areas are in the Barossa Valley of South Australia in Hunter Valley New South Wales and in parts of north-eastern southern and western Victoria. Special varieties of grapes are grown especially in the Murray Valley for the production of raisins. Irrigation is of importance to arable farmers in all but the highest rainfall areas. However increased soil salinity is becoming a problem in several areas threatening production. Experiments with bio-technologies are being carried out with the aim of reducing the impact of soil salinity and cutting the use of expensive water resources. B. Comprehension check. Are these statements true or false 1. __Australian Agriculture employs half of workforce of the country. 2. _Crop-farming area accounts for 90 per cent of the farmed land of Australia. 3. Australia is the world s leading country of wool export. 4. _Most cattle are raised in Queensland. 5. Australia imports beef .
