Final results of the 2008 June agricultural census

Final results of the 2008 June agricultural census

FINAL RESULTS OF THE JUNE 2008 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS

TOGETHER WITH FINAL JUNE RESULTS FOR THE YEARS 1998 TO 2007 FOR COMPARISON

Table 3. Number of cattle, 1998 to 2008

												Percentage
												change between
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2007 & 2008
Dairy cows													Dairy cows
Cows and heifers in milk	187,900	187,040	181,390	170,680	173,570	172,680	168,990	170,490	171,770	170,840	166,360	-2.6%	Cows and heifers in milk
Cows in calf but not in milk	27,680	27,450	25,960	25,280	25,830	25,290	25,550	26,220	26,800	27,150	25,800	-5.0%	Cows in calf but not in milk
Total dairy cows	215,580	214,490	207,350	195,950	199,400	197,970	194,540	196,710	198,570	197,990	192,160	-2.9%	Total dairy cows

Beef cows													Beef cows
Cows and heifers in milk	427,520	413,040	406,610	385,930	389,440	386,240	394,610	393,300	388,980	378,770	373,630	-1.4%	Cows and heifers in milk
Cows in calf but not in milk	107,000	111,720	111,990	103,140	99,350	100,890	98,260	99,020	98,220	93,450	90,730	-2.9%	Cows in calf but not in milk
Total beef cows	534,520	524,750	518,600	489,070	488,790	487,130	492,870	492,320	487,190	472,220	464,350	-1.7%	Total beef cows

Heifers in calf for the first time													Heifers in calf for the first time
Dairy - 2 years and over	34,660	33,480	33,380	32,010	30,020	27,480	29,740	30,130	28,120	27,750	25,800	-7.0%	Dairy - 2 years and over
- Under 2 years	19,160	19,000	18,560	17,640	16,140	15,400	16,610	16,150	16,190	16,910	16,720	-1.1%	- Under 2 years
Beef - 2 years and over	37,720	32,320	33,440	29,990	35,130	34,230	34,730	33,480	32,050	32,300	31,370	-2.9%	Beef - 2 years and over
- Under 2 years	14,640	13,990	12,790	13,970	14,660	13,980	15,620	14,140	14,340	13,770	13,700	-0.5%	- Under 2 years
Total	106,170	98,780	98,170	93,610	95,950	91,090	96,690	93,890	90,700	90,730	87,590	-3.5%	Total

Bulls for service													Bulls for service
2 years and over	16,830	16,880	16,960	16,210	16,580	16,920	17,190	17,570	18,190	18,120	18,140	0.1%	2 years and over
Under 2 years	3,810	3,760	3,500	3,650	3,960	3,870	3,960	4,110	3,930	3,840	3,860	0.5%	Under 2 years
Total	20,630	20,640	20,460	19,860	20,530	20,800	21,150	21,680	22,120	21,960	22,000	0.2%	Total

Other cattle 2 years and over													Other cattle 2 years and over
Male	42,530	42,230	44,440	38,580	42,580	44,140	40,690	45,400	47,270	48,050	44,380	-7.6%	Male
Female for breeding - dairy	7,600	7,780	8,060	7,290	6,720	6,450	6,760	6,220	7,000	6,630	5,930	-10.5%	Female for breeding - dairy
- beef	19,270	21,140	23,340	22,250	22,170	22,060	23,160	24,690	24,400	26,830	25,580	-4.7%	- beef
Female not for breeding	15,860	20,510	21,070	20,100	21,510	22,710	21,280	22,920	27,430	25,560	27,210	6.4%	Female not for breeding
Total	85,270	91,660	96,910	88,230	92,990	95,370	91,880	99,220	106,090	107,070	103,090	-3.7%	Total

Other cattle 1 year and over													Other cattle 1 year and over
but under 2 years													but under 2 years
Male	220,480	219,280	217,640	211,490	221,110	222,170	222,940	228,460	214,560	212,440	204,100	-3.9%	Male
Female for breeding - dairy	50,160	51,310	48,590	42,530	38,090	40,860	39,620	39,720	38,270	37,420	35,690	-4.6%	Female for breeding - dairy
- beef	62,150	57,430	54,980	58,230	57,690	56,990	56,340	58,600	57,390	61,660	60,710	-1.5%	- beef
Female not for breeding	158,850	158,090	157,310	140,110	148,320	148,560	148,020	154,070	152,030	146,710	141,530	-3.5%	Female not for breeding
Total	491,620	486,110	478,520	452,350	465,210	468,580	466,910	480,840	462,260	458,220	442,030	-3.5%	Total

Other cattle 6 months and over													Other cattle 6 months and over
but under 1 year													but under 1 year
Male	109,510	108,070	111,900	105,270	104,580	105,150	105,800	102,630	101,960	97,710	93,450	-4.4%	Male
Female	133,580	132,600	129,170	113,110	109,040	109,940	111,280	109,820	109,450	104,380	103,000	-1.3%	Female
Total	243,090	240,670	241,070	218,380	213,620	215,100	217,080	212,450	211,410	202,090	196,460	-2.8%	Total

Other cattle under 6 months													Other cattle under 6 months
Male	181,470	174,480	180,180	171,020	176,770	179,220	182,380	178,250	174,750	171,430	168,370	-1.8%	Male
Female	199,950	192,680	188,090	176,860	181,430	183,680	186,230	183,520	180,770	176,830	176,040	-0.4%	Female
Total	381,410	367,160	368,270	347,870	358,200	362,910	368,600	361,770	355,520	348,260	344,410	-1.1%	Total

Total cattle	2,078,300	2,044,280	2,029,330	1,905,320	1,934,680	1,938,930	1,949,730	1,958,880	1,933,870	1,898,540	1,852,090	-2.4%	Total cattle

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