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Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

ABARES · ABARE–BRS · ABARE-BRS

1 July 2010 – present

Research bureau within the agriculture department that provides economic and scientific research, data and forecasts on agriculture, fisheries and forestry, including commodity outlooks, farm surveys and fishery status reports.

How it came into existence

Formed on 1 July 2010 within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry by merging the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics with the Bureau of Rural Sciences; it is part of the department, not a separate PGPA entity.

Changes during its life

  1. 2011Adopted the name Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) in place of the interim styling ABARE–BRS.
  2. 2011Its minerals and energy economics work was moved to the new Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics in the resources portfolio.
  3. 18 September 2013Became part of the new Department of Agriculture.
  4. 21 September 2015Became part of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
  5. 29 May 2019Became part of the re-created Department of Agriculture.
  6. 1 February 2020Became part of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
  7. 1 July 2022Became part of the re-created Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Main functions

  • Commodity forecasts and the ABARES Outlook conference
  • Farm surveys and farm performance analysis
  • Economic and policy analysis for agriculture, fisheries and forestry
  • Fishery status reports and fisheries science
  • Forestry and land use data
  • Biosecurity and natural resource science

Where it sits

In the portfolio of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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Sources

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