Final results of the 2007 December agricultural census

Description	Tables showing the final results of the December 2007 agricultural census
ISBN	(Web Only)
Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication Date	March 05, 2008

Table 2 Estimated number of sheep, 1997 to 2007 (thousands)

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

Sheep 1 year old or over													Sheep 1 year old or over
Ewes kept for breeding	2,997	3,031	2,983	2,953	2,651	2,566	2,541	2,494	2,438	2,380	2,302	-3.3%	Ewes kept for breeding
Shearling ewes put to ram	913	944	904	866	724	777	776	790	743	700	706	0.8%	Shearling ewes put to ram
Shearling ewes not put to ram	33	50	49	48	38	38	35	41	31	32	32	0.7%	Shearling ewes not put to ram
Rams kept for service	112	111	110	108	97	95	95	95	93	91	90	-1.0%	Rams kept for service
Other sheep	142	168	150	128	131	127	116	147	123	125	129	3.7%	Other sheep
Total	4,196	4,304	4,195	4,104	3,641	3,604	3,563	3,567	3,429	3,328	3,259	-2.1%	Total

Sheep under 1 year old													Sheep under 1 year old
Ewe lambs put to ram	142	123	97	92	97	79	100	91	86	87	89	2.0%	Ewe lambs put to ram
Ewe lambs for future breeding	834	863	781	778	687	698	699	622	605	587	605	3.2%	Ewe lambs for future breeding
Ram lambs intended for service	38	41	33	36	30	31	33	33	31	29	30	2.0%	Ram lambs intended for service
Other sheep and lambs	1,420	1,311	1,217	1,204	1,241	1,040	1,053	1,136	1,108	1,170	1,133	-3.2%	Other sheep and lambs
Total	2,435	2,337	2,128	2,109	2,055	1,848	1,884	1,881	1,830	1,873	1,857	-0.9%	Total

Total sheep	6,631	6,641	6,323	6,213	5,696	5,452	5,447	5,448	5,259	5,201	5,116	-1.6%	Total sheep

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