Description: This dataset estimates the location and mass in dry tonnes of almond shell and hull residues across NSW, Australia. This information has been collated for the Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment (ABBA) project and will be available for use on the Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI) platform, to build a national map to service the renewable energy sector.
The boundary features were extracted from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016) digital boundaries [Copyright Commonwealth of Australia administered by the ABS]. This dataset is mapped at the Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4).
Each SA4 region shows the annual average, minimum and maximum tonnes of almond shell and hull residues at 0% moisture content (MC) and also at pre-milling 10% MC, for the period July 2013 to June 2018 (average of 5 years). The SA4 residues were calculated using ABS ASGS Agricultural Commodities, Australia, cat. no. 7121.0 data cubes and from research carried out by the NSW Forest Science unit, Department of Primary Industries - Forestry. Literature and industry contacts (DPI and processors) indicate that the almond moisture content is ~10% when delivered from the harvesting stage to the processing stage. The whole nut on average is composed of ~30% kernel, ~16% shell and ~54% hull.
For more information on the derivation of the residue volumes please contact the NSW Forest Science unit and look at the following references:
Australian Almonds (Accessed June 2019) 'Renewable Energy Production from Almond Waste', Almond Board of Australia - https://industry.australianalmonds.com.au/growing/renewable-energy-production-from-almond-waste/
Australian Almonds (Accessed June 2019) 'Australian Almond Insights (Statistics)', Almond Board of Australia - https://industry.australianalmonds.com.au/almond-board/almond-insights/
California Almonds (Accessed June 2019) 'Almond Tree Fruit Weight - 2017/2018 Crop Year', Almond Board of California - https://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/17-18_whole_crop_position_report_addendum.pdf
California Almonds (Accessed June 2019) 'Almond Tree Fruit Weight - 2016/2017 Crop Year', Almond Board of California - https://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/16-17_whole_crop_position_report_addendum.pdf
Dingke Z & Fielke J (2014) 'Some physical properties of Australian Nonpareil almonds related to bulk storage', Int J Agric & Biol Eng, Vol. 7 No. 5, October 2014 (Accessed June 2019) - https://www.ijabe.org/index.php/ijabe/article/download/1231/pdf
Last updated in July 2019.
Tag: NSW-HFN
Copyright Text: NSW Forest Science, Department of Primary Industries - Forestry
Description: This dataset estimates the location and mass in dry tonnes of macadamia shell and husk residues across NSW, Australia. This information has been collated for the Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment (ABBA) project and will be available for use on the Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI) platform, to build a national map to service the renewable energy sector.
The boundary features were extracted from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016) digital boundaries [Copyright Commonwealth of Australia administered by the ABS]. This dataset is mapped at the Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4).
Each SA4 region shows the annual average, minimum and maximum tonnes of macadamia shell and husk residues at 0% moisture content (MC) and also shells at pre-milling 10% MC and husks at post-harvest 20% MC, for the period July 2013 to June 2018 (average of 5 years). The SA4 residues were calculated using ABS ASGS Agricultural Commodities, Australia, cat. no. 7121.0 data cubes and from research carried out by the NSW Forest Science unit, Department of Primary Industries - Forestry. Literature and industry contacts (DPI and processors) indicate that the macadamia nut-in-shell (NIS) moisture content is ~10% when delivered from the harvesting stage to the processing stage and the husk component is ~20% (which is removed on the farm). The whole nut on average is composed of ~46% NIS and ~54% husk. The NIS component is ~33% kernel and ~67% shell.
For more information on the derivation of the residue volumes please contact the NSW Forest Science unit and look at the following references:
Queensland Government (2004) 'Macadamia Grower's Handbook - Chapter 1', Queensland Government (Accessed June 2019) - http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/1964/2/mac-growing_guide_Part2.pdf
Queensland Government (2004) 'Macadamia Grower's Handbook - Chapter 2', Queensland Government (Accessed June 2019) - http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/1964/3/mac-growing_guide_Part3.pdf
Queensland Government (2004) 'Macadamia Grower's Handbook - Chapter 3', Queensland Government (Accessed June 2019) - http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/1964/4/mac-growing_guide_Part4.pdf
HIA (2018) 'Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook, Nuts, 2017/18', Horticulture Innovation Australia (Accessed June 2019) - https://www.horticulture.com.au/growers/help-your-business-grow/research-reports-publications-fact-sheets-and-more/australian-horticulture-statistics-handbook/
HIA (2016) 'Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook, Nuts, 2015/16', Horticulture Innovation Australia (Accessed June 2019) - https://app-ausmacademia-au-syd.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/factfigure/D3Jw0sqSUnR9AggXAqyJgS52bzdcZ4JSD6KXXppY.pdf
AgriFutures (Accessed June 2019) 'Macadamia, Pollination Aware - Case Study 19', RIRDC Publication No 10/126 - https://www.agrifutures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/10-126.pdf MPC (Accessed June 2019) 'Macadamia farming in Australia', Macadamia Processing Company - https://mpcmacs.com.au/about-macadamias/farming/
MacNut Farms (2015) 'Growing Macadamia - Macadamia Processing', MacNut Farms, New Zealand (Accessed June 2019) - http://www.macnut.co.nz/macadamia-info/macadamia-processing/
Last updated in July 2019.
Tag: NSW-HFN
Copyright Text: NSW Forest Science, Department of Primary Industries - Forestry