New Zealand in Profile: 2011
Land use |
|
2009 |
2004 |
|
Hectares (thousand) |
| Grazing, arable, fodder, and fallow land |
11,413 |
11,760 |
| Planted production forest |
1,623 |
1,786 |
| Horticultural land |
124 |
131 |
| Other land |
1,566 |
1,827 |
| Total land under farming |
14,726 |
15,504 |
Grazing: stock numbers |
| |
2009 |
2004 |
| |
(million) |
| Sheep |
32.4 |
39.3 |
| Dairy cattle |
5.9 |
5.2 |
| Beef cattle |
4.1 |
4.4 |
| Deer |
1.1 |
1.8 | |
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