Final results of the 2007 December agricultural census

Description	Tables showing the final results of the December 2007 agricultural census
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Website Publication Date	March 05, 2008

Table 1 Estimated number of cattle, 1997 to 2007 (thousands)

												Percentage
												change between
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2006 & 2007

Dairy herd													Dairy herd
Cows and heifers in milk	181	174	173	173	168	167	165	165	168	167	166	-0.5%	Cows and heifers in milk
Cows in calf but not in milk	40	41	39	33	35	36	35	33	33	33	32	-1.7%	Cows in calf but not in milk
Total	221	216	212	206	204	203	200	198	201	199	198	-0.7%	Total

Beef herd													Beef herd
Cows and heifers in milk	271	273	260	254	265	258	262	259	256	245	248	1.5%	Cows and heifers in milk
Cows in calf but not in milk	243	254	254	247	238	238	243	245	237	241	222	-7.9%	Cows in calf but not in milk
Total	515	526	513	502	502	496	505	503	493	486	470	-3.1%	Total

Heifers in calf for the first time													Heifers in calf for the first time
Dairy - 2 years and over	30	29	28	29	29	25	25	24	25	25	23	-9.3%	Dairy - 2 years and over
- Under 2 years	20	18	19	18	17	15	19	18	17	16	17	6.0%	- Under 2 years
Beef - 2 years and over	49	41	39	39	39	42	40	41	41	40	44	8.1%	Beef - 2 years and over
- Under 2 years	30	21	23	20	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	8.4%	- Under 2 years
Total	129	109	109	106	108	103	105	105	104	103	107	3.5%	Total

Bulls for service													Bulls for service
2 years and over	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	1.4%	2 years and over
Under 2 years	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	6.2%	Under 2 years
Total	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	22	2.2%	Total

Other cattle 2 years and over													Other cattle 2 years and over
Male	28	24	29	24	28	29	25	26	29	31	31	-0.2%	Male
Female for breeding - dairy	7	8	8	10	10	8	7	8	8	8	8	2.6%	Female for breeding - dairy
- beef	16	13	11	11	17	21	23	17	17	17	19	8.7%	- beef
Female not for breeding	9	12	15	13	14	15	14	15	17	20	20	0.4%	Female not for breeding
Total	61	56	63	57	69	73	69	66	71	76	77	2.2%	Total

Other cattle 1 year and over but under 2 years													Other cattle 1 year and over but under 2 years
Male	203	211	204	211	212	214	212	214	201	205	193	-5.7%	Male
Female for breeding - dairy	51	51	50	49	41	40	42	39	39	39	37	-5.6%	Female for breeding - dairy
- beef	54	49	47	48	54	51	54	52	52	51	53	3.6%	- beef
Female not for breeding	134	143	151	148	138	135	133	135	141	141	134	-4.9%	Female not for breeding
Total	442	455	452	457	444	440	441	439	433	435	416	-4.4%	Total

Other cattle 6 months and over but under 1 year													Other cattle 6 months and over but under 1 year
Male	186	184	181	179	159	163	167	171	168	166	160	-3.5%	Male
Female	202	202	195	191	163	165	168	173	175	170	166	-2.0%	Female
Total	388	386	376	371	322	328	335	345	343	336	326	-2.7%	Total

Other cattle under 6 months													Other cattle under 6 months
Male	115	110	111	113	113	116	116	113	110	103	100	-2.9%	Male
Female	138	135	128	128	121	121	120	120	120	113	109	-2.9%	Female
Total	253	245	239	241	235	236	235	233	230	216	209	-2.9%	Total

Total cattle	2,027	2,012	1,983	1,958	1,904	1,899	1,911	1,909	1,898	1,871	1,826	-2.4%	Total cattle

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