Land use of farms in the Southland Region, New Zealand
By type, as at June 2022, thousand hectares
Category | Hectares |
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Grassland | 668,497.8 |
Tussock and danthonia used for grazing (whether oversown or not) | 175,156.6 |
Horticultural land and land prepared for horticulture | 3,214.7 |
Plantations of exotic trees intended for harvest | 56,425 |
Grain, seed and fodder crop land and land prepared for these crops | 61,750.6 |
Mature native bush | 24,565 |
Native scrub and regenerating native bush | 27,031.8 |
All other land | 34,469.9 |
Harvested exotic forest area awaiting restocking | 1,276.6 |