Land use of farms in the Canterbury Region, New Zealand
By type, as at June 2022, thousand hectares
Category | Hectares |
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Grassland | 1,102,935 |
Tussock and danthonia used for grazing (whether oversown or not) | 789,071.9 |
Horticultural land and land prepared for horticulture | 14,558.6 |
Plantations of exotic trees intended for harvest | 113,471.2 |
Grain, seed and fodder crop land and land prepared for these crops | 230,698.5 |
Mature native bush | 84,828.8 |
Native scrub and regenerating native bush | 138,154.6 |
All other land | 108,580.2 |
Harvested exotic forest area awaiting restocking | 4,896.1 |