Agricultural production statistics: Year to June 2022 (provisional) – Information release
7 December 2022
Agricultural production statistics include results for key livestock, forestry, and arable crops.
Key facts
At 30 June 2022, the number of:
- beef cattle was 3.8 million, down 3 percent from 2021
- sheep was 25.1 million, down 2 percent from 2021
- dairy cattle was 5.9 million, down 4 percent from 2021.
During the year ended 30 June 2022, the area of:
- wheat harvested was 40,900 hectares, a decrease of 6 percent from 2021
- barley harvested was 44,000 hectares, no change from 2021.
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