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The report - An economic survey of irrigation farms in the Murray-Darling Basin: industry overview and region profiles 2007-08 - was released today by Dr Terry Sheales, Deputy Executive Director, ABARE. The report provides economic and physical profiles of irrigators by region and industry for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 financial years, based on a survey of 900 irrigation farms across 10 regions in the Murray-Darling Basin. 'There is considerable diversity between irrigation farms across the Murray-Darling Basin in terms of area operated, the degree to which farms rely on irrigation and the extent of on farm investment in irrigation infrastructure,' said Dr Sheales.