The pie charts illustrate the amounts of water which allocated for agricultural purposes and received income from agriculture in Australia, in 2004.
Overall, there was a noticeable discrepancy, in using more water for livestock than for other agricultural sectors. It is also noteworthy that the highest percentage of income was received from fruit, however, rice was recorded with the least percentage of received income throughout the period.
Focusing fist on the usage of water for agricultural products in Australia, livestock products accounted for the highest proportion, at 36%, in comparison with 19% and 15% of dairy and cotton goods, respectively. Additionally, the other sugar and fruit plants exhibited a similar downward trajectory in the average amounts of water that used, with 10% and 11%. Similarly, with the small water usage the rice and vegetables comprised 4%.
By contrast, agricultural income was dominated by fruit and diary, whereas livestock contributed relatively little despite its high-water usage. In details, fruit made up 44% and diary stood at 24 % remaining with high figures. The dramatic figures can be observed for cotton and sugar at 13 % and 7%. A similar downward trend was accounted for livestock and rice, albeit at a much slower rate standing around 6% and 1%.