Final results of the 2006 December Agricultural Census

Description	Tables showing the final results of the 2006 December Agricultural census
ISBN	(Web Only)
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication Date	March 07, 2007

Table 2 Estimated number of sheep, 1996 to 2006 (thousands)

												Percentage
												change between
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2005 & 2006

Sheep 1 year old or over
Ewes kept for breeding	2,960	2,997	3,031	2,983	2,953	2,651	2,566	2,541	2,494	2,438	2,380	-2.4%
Shearling ewes put to ram	891	913	944	904	866	724	777	776	790	743	700	-5.8%
Shearling ewes not put to ram	36	33	50	49	48	38	38	35	41	31	32	1.8%
Rams kept for service	110	112	111	110	108	97	95	95	95	93	91	-2.8%
Other sheep	130	142	168	150	128	131	127	116	147	123	125	1.2%
Total	4,127	4,196	4,304	4,195	4,104	3,641	3,604	3,563	3,567	3,429	3,328	-3.0%

Sheep under 1 year old
Ewe lambs put to ram	135	142	123	97	92	97	79	100	91	86	87	1.4%
Ewe lambs for future breeding	824	834	863	781	778	687	698	699	622	605	587	-3.1%
Ram lambs intended for service	36	38	41	33	36	30	31	33	33	31	29	-5.3%
Other sheep and lambs	1,161	1,420	1,311	1,217	1,204	1,241	1,040	1,053	1,136	1,108	1,170	5.6%
Total	2,156	2,435	2,337	2,128	2,109	2,055	1,848	1,884	1,881	1,830	1,873	2.4%

Total sheep	6,283	6,631	6,641	6,323	6,213	5,696	5,452	5,447	5,448	5,259	5,201	-1.1%

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