Dairy cattle in the Canterbury Region, New Zealand
By type, as at June 2022, thousands of livestock
Category | Number of livestock |
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Dairy cows and heifers in milk or calf 2 years old and over | 855,008 |
Dairy cows and heifers in milk or calf over over 1 year but under 2 years | 174,034 |
Dairy cows and heifers NOT in milk or calf 2 years old and over | 30,885 |
Dairy cows and heifers NOT in milk or calf over 1 year but under 2 years | 40,126 |
Rising 1 year old dairy heifers and heifer calves | 213,044 |
Dairy bulls to be used for dairy breeding | 13,688 |
All other calves still on the farm | 14,908 |