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- Dairy cattle totalled 5.2 million in 2002, up 34 percent since 1994.
- The national dairy herd has increased steadily since 1991, when it numbered 3.4 million. In 1994 there were 3.8 million dairy cattle.
- Dairy cattle numbers in the South Island have more than doubled since 1994 to 1.3 million in 2002, now comprising 26 percent of the national dairy herd.
- In 2002 there were 1.3 dairy cattle for every person in New Zealand.
Number of Dairy Cattle
Dairy Cattle (percent) by North and South Islands
As at 30 June
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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