Read ABARES'

Fetches and imports ABARES "Historical Forecast Database" performance data.

Usage

read_historical_forecast_database(x = NULL)

read_historical_forecast(x = NULL)

Source

https://daff.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1031941/0

Arguments

x: A file path providing the file with the data to be imported. The file is assumed to be unarchived locally. This function does not provide any checking whether this function is the proper function for the provided file. Defaults to NULL, assuming that the file will be downloaded in the active R session.

Value

A data.table::data.table() object.

Note

Columns are renamed for consistency with other ABARES products serviced in this package using a snake_case format and ordered consistently.

The "Month_issued" column is converted from a character string to a numeric value representing the month of year, e.g., "March" is converted to 3.

Data Dictionary

The resulting object will contain the following fields.

Field	Description
Commodity	Broad description of commodity (includes the Australian dollar)
Estimate_type	Broad grouping of estimate by theme e.g., animal numbers, area, production, price, export and volume measures.
Estimate_description	Detailed description of each series.
Unit	Measurement unit of series. e.g., kt, $m, $/t.
Region	Relevant region for each series. "World" denotes relevant international market.
Year_Issued	Year that forecast was originally issued.
Month_issued	Month that forecast was originally issued.
Year_Issued_FY	Australian financial year (July-June) that forecast was originally issued.
Forecast_Year_FY	Australian financial year (July-June) for which the forecast was issued. Where forecast year is earlier than Year Issued (FY), value is a backcast.
Forecast_Value	Forecast as originally issued.
Actual_Value	Actual outcome observed. Note that historical time series can be revised. Latest available data at time of update, including any revisions, are included in database.

References

https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/agricultural-outlook/historical-forecasts#:~:text=About%20the%20historical%20agricultural%20forecast,relevant%20to%20Australian%20agricultural%20markets

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()

read_historical_forecast_database()

# or shorter
read_historical_forecast()
}

Read ABARES' "Historical Forecast Database"