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Livestock numbers down in New Zealand

26/05/2023
Livestock numbers down in New Zealand

According to the final results of the five-yearly Agricultural Production Census 2022, conducted by Stats NZ, there are fewer dairy cattle, sheep and deer being held in New Zealand.

A small decrease of 1% from the previous year was seen for dairy cattle numbers, at 6.1 million head. The herd peaked in 2014 with 6.7 million.

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