The Agriculture industry sector, for
educational purposes, has been split into the following industry groups. This
sector comprises agriculture, beef, dairy, goats, grains, horses, milk
harvesting, pigs, poultry, production horticulture, rural merchandising, sheep
and wool, and wool harvesting.
The three regions conducting the highest number of student contact hours for
agricultural and production horticulture training (across all sub-industries)
is:
1. Wimmera.
2. Goulburn.
3. Western District
It comprises about 35.4% of all student contact hours in training in Victoria in
the categories of Agriculture and Production Horticulture, Amenity Horticulture,
Animal Care and Management and Seafood and Aquaculture training.
For further information on the various sub-sectors please examine the various
options on the left-hand side of the web page.
Good sources of information on the Agricultural industries can be found from the
Victorian weekly industry newspapers Stock and Land and the Weekly Times as well
as the following websites.