AgricultureID

State · AU-VIC

Victoria

Temperate climate: cool and reliably wet in the south (Gippsland, the southwest), warmer in the northeast, and drier Mediterranean-to-semi-arid in the northwest Mallee and Wimmera.

Major crop systems

  • Wheat and barley (Wimmera / Mallee)
  • Canola (oilseed rape)
  • Pulses — lentils and chickpeas
  • Horticulture — wine grapes, pome and stone fruit, citrus (Sunraysia)

Major livestock systems

  • Dairy cattle (Australia’s largest dairy herd)
  • Sheep (wool and prime lambs)
  • Beef cattle

Agricultural land: Australia’s leading dairy state, with pasture-based dairying in Gippsland, the southwest, and the northern irrigation region, plus dryland grain in the Wimmera-Mallee and irrigated horticulture along the Murray (Sunraysia). Irrigation: The Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District and the Sunraysia region support dairy pasture, horticulture, and wine grapes; broadacre cropping in the Wimmera-Mallee is rainfed.

Agroecological zones: Cfb (Oceanic (marine west coast)), Cfa (Humid subtropical), BSk (Cold semi-arid (steppe))

Documented crops & livestock

Official institutions

  • Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) — National agricultural research and statistics agency.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) — National statistical agency (agricultural census and surveys).
  • Agriculture Victoria — State agriculture agency.

Data coverage & limitations

Descriptive profile; subnational statistics are published by ABARES and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and are not reproduced numerically here.

  • Boundaries and administrative classification follow the official ISO 3166-2 system (AU-VIC).
  • Any statistics from official bodies are dated and source-specific; none are reproduced here.
  • Canola is the commercial oilseed-rape crop.
  • Northern irrigation and Sunraysia horticulture depend on variable Murray-system water allocations.

Sources

This article draws on the following authoritative sources. See our sources & methodology for how they are selected.

  1. [1]FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization (opens in a new tab)

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    Authoritative

    Cited for: Crop and livestock system context

    Type:
    Intergovernmental organization
    Jurisdiction:
    Global
    Accessed:
    2026-07-12
  2. [2]FAOSTAT — FAO statistical database (opens in a new tab)

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    Authoritative

    Cited for: National agricultural production context

    Type:
    Intergovernmental organization
    Jurisdiction:
    Global
    Accessed:
    2026-07-12