What land and water resources are used for sheep and wool production in the Wheat / Sheep Zone?
The Wheat/ Sheep Zone lies predominantly within the dry winter subtropical and temperate regions as well as the persistently dry grasslands climatic zone, which has a moderate variability in the temperature extremes in this region. For more information on the climate of this region, see the Bureau of Meteorology web site. As at 1999, the pasture composition within the sheep and beef High Rainfall Zones comprised of the following: • 20.6 million hectares of native pasture • 13.5 million hectares of sown pasture • 417 thousand hectares of lucerne pasture. The sheep and wool industry in this zone utilises near 12 million hectares or 14% of the total area utilised for sheep and wool production.
