This data relates to the proportion of farms who experienced significant soil acidity problems in the period 1998-1999. Proportion of farms with significant soil acidity is reported at the Statistical Division (SD) level for Australia. This data relates to broadacre and dairy farms run by owner managers. The data was collected by Resource Management Supplementary (RMS) survey interview which accompanied the ABARE Annual farm survey in 1998-1999.The data is presented at a scale of 25000000. Projection -P Albers Equal-Area Conic -D WGS84 -m 132 -o 0 -p -18 -p -36 -e 0 -n 0The following attributes are contained within the dataset; Sd_code a a unique 3 digit code for Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd_name a the name of the Statistical Division (SD),Soil_acid a the proportion of farmers who experienced problems in 1998-1999.RSE a the relative standard error for the period 1998-1999.Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a value of -99999, whilst areas with no data are assigned a value of -88888. See [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_fdpsar9aa __01811a00.xml) for more detail.

Analyses and classifications of demographic, farm financial and household statistics as indicators of of agricultural structural change in Australia between 1986-1996. Data is presented by Statistical Local Area. See [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_ascl_r9nn d_02011a02.xml) for more detail.