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- 4.5 million beef cattle were farmed in New Zealand at 30 June 2002.
- Beef cattle numbers have dropped 11 percent from 5.0 million in 1994.
- The South Island beef herd remained relatively unchanged in 2002 but the North Island herd decreased by 14 percent since 1994.
Total Beef Cattle Numbers
Further information: Final results from the 2002 Agricultural Production Census and provisional results from the 2003 Agricultural Production Survey.
Animal farming in New Zealand
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