Dairy cattle in 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 | 4,055,786 |
Dairy cows and heifers in milk or calf over over 1 year but under 2 years | 668,422 |
Dairy cows and heifers NOT in milk or calf 2 years old and over | 160,314 |
Dairy cows and heifers NOT in milk or calf over 1 year but under 2 years | 177,426 |
Rising 1 year old dairy heifers and heifer calves | 928,859 |
Dairy bulls to be used for dairy breeding | 73,511 |
All other calves still on the farm | 71,723 |