Final results of the 2006 December Agricultural Census

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

Table 1 Estimated number of cattle, 1996 to 2006 (thousands)

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

Dairy herd
Cows and heifers in milk	177	181	174	173	173	168	167	165	165	168	167	-0.8%
Cows in calf but not in milk	47	40	41	39	33	35	36	35	33	33	33	-1.1%
Total	224	221	216	212	206	204	203	200	198	201	199	-0.9%

Beef herd
Cows and heifers in milk	247	271	273	260	254	265	258	262	259	256	245	-4.5%
Cows in calf but not in milk	258	243	254	254	247	238	238	243	245	237	241	1.8%
Total	506	515	526	513	502	502	496	505	503	493	486	-1.5%

Heifers in calf for the first time
Dairy - 2 years and over	33	30	29	28	29	29	25	25	24	25	25	0.9%
- Under 2 years	21	20	18	19	18	17	15	19	18	17	16	-4.7%
Beef - 2 years and over	45	49	41	39	39	39	42	40	41	41	40	-1.6%
- Under 2 years	28	30	21	23	20	23	21	21	23	21	21	-0.2%
Total	127	129	109	109	106	108	103	105	105	104	103	-1.2%

Bulls for service
2 years and over	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	2.1%
Under 2 years	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	-14.9%
Total	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	-1.1%

Other cattle 2 years and over
Male	30	28	24	29	24	28	29	25	26	29	31	4.9%
Female for breeding - dairy	9	7	8	8	10	10	8	7	8	8	8	-1.2%
- beef	11	16	13	11	11	17	21	23	17	17	17	-0.9%
Female not for breeding	11	9	12	15	13	14	15	14	15	17	20	16.5%
Total	60	61	56	63	57	69	73	69	66	71	76	5.6%

Other cattle 1 year and over but under 2 years
Male	212	203	211	204	211	212	214	212	214	201	205	2.1%
Female for breeding - dairy	51	51	51	50	49	41	40	42	39	39	39	-0.6%
- beef	52	54	49	47	48	54	51	54	52	52	51	-4.6%
Female not for breeding	132	134	143	151	148	138	135	133	135	141	141	-0.1%
Total	447	442	455	452	457	444	440	441	439	433	435	0.3%

Other cattle 6 months and over but under 1 year
Male	207	186	184	181	179	159	163	167	171	168	166	-1.1%
Female	203	202	202	195	191	163	165	168	173	175	170	-3.0%
Total	409	388	386	376	371	322	328	335	345	343	336	-2.1%

Other cattle under 6 months
Male	105	115	110	111	113	113	116	116	113	110	103	-6.4%
Female	130	138	135	128	128	121	121	120	120	120	113	-5.8%
Total	235	253	245	239	241	235	236	235	233	230	216	-6.1%

Total cattle	2,029	2,027	2,012	1,983	1,958	1,904	1,899	1,911	1,909	1,898	1,871	-1.4%

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