Agriculture facts and figures: 2017

An electronic copy of the pocket-sized leaflet providing a range of agriculture statistics.


Dairy sector

  2007 2014 2015 2016
Dairy cows ('000) (1) 181 170 176 175
Number of holdings with more than 25 dairy cows 1,305 1,006 1,000 980
Average no. of dairy cows on the above holdings 136 166 173 176
Total milk production (million litres) 1,329 1,438 1,559 1,484

Source: Cattle Tracing Scheme

(1) Dairy cows refer to female dairy cattle aged 2 and over with offspring

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