gpo box 1563 canberra 2601 telephone 61 2 6272 2000 www abareconomics com abare is a professionally independent government economic research agency editor andrew wright project 1163 commonwealth of australia 2004 selected passages tables and diagrams may be reproduced provided due acknowledgment made issn 1321 7844 australiancommodities forecasts issues volume 11 number 1 march quarter onlineshop visit our online shop direct at abareonlineshop register to download all free pdfs receive subscriptions access data cd roms obtain hard copies publications 3 overview 5 commodity outlook 21 agriculture 2008 09 24 resource use in 27 grains 30 cotton 44 sugar 47 wine 53 sheep wool 63 meat 71 dairy 79 seafood 86 minerals energy 2009 99 103 metals 115 papers presented uncertainty trade negotiations what does it mean for australian ivan roberts alistair davidson troy podbury vivek tulpulé 143 financial farm performance peter martin caroline levantis walter shafron frank drum rhonda treadwell 155 managing disease incursions an perspective lisa elliston luke mathews alasebu yainshet 172 water rights