Agricultural Production Statistics: June 2008 (Final)

At 30 June 2008 compared with 2007:

• Sheep numbers fell to 34.1 million, down 11 percent and back to the level recorded in1950.
• Dairy cattle numbers increased to a record 5.6 million, up 6 percent.
• Beef cattle numbers fell to 4.1 million, down 6 percent.
• Deer numbers fell to 1.2 million, down from 1.4 million.

During the year ended 30 June 2008:

• There were 67,400 hectares of barley harvested, up 31 percent from 2007.