EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The agricultural sector is relatively small but contains certain well-performing areas (pp.1-12,23-24).
In recent years, there have been substantial changes in the organisation of the sector (pp.14-16,17,20).
Large-scale overseas companies are assuming a greater presence in Australian agriculture as the sector is transformed into agribusiness (pp.17-18).
Certain problems, occurring within this transition, remain to be resolved (pp.22-23).
INTRODUCTION
Two previous papers, produced by the research service, have looked at the changes that have taken place in the rural sector as it has been transforming from pure primary production into agribusiness. The aim of this paper is to examine the current performance of the sector and to look at the changes that have recently taken place
