Highlights
At 30 June 2006:
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Sheep numbers increased to 40.1 million, up 219,000 on 2005.
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Sheep numbers in the North Island increased to 19.5 million, up 2.7 percent on 2005, while South Island numbers fell 1.4 percent to 20.6 million.
- South Island dairy cattle numbers reached 1.5 million, 28 percent of the total.
- Dairy cows and heifers in milk or calf were 4.1 million, up 18,000 on 2005.
- Canterbury, Otago and Southland regions had 63 percent of all deer.
Dallas Welch
Acting Government Statistician |
2 April 2007
Cat 71.903 Set 06/07 – 150 |
There is a companion Media Release published – Agricultural Production Statistics (Final): June 2006
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