Total area equipped for irrigation in New Zealand
By industry classification of farms, as at June 2012, thousands of hectares
| Farm type | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Nursery production (under cover) | 181 |
| Nursery production (outdoors) | 3,083 |
| Turf growing | None |
| Floriculture production (under cover) | 142 |
| Floriculture production (outdoors) | 411 |
| Mushroom growing | None |
| Vegetable growing (under cover) | 295 |
| Vegetable growing (outdoors) | 36,004 |
| Grape growing | 30,208 |
| Kiwifruit growing | 5,698 |
| Berry fruit growing | 3,021 |
| Apple and pear growing | 9,035 |
| Stone fruit growing | 2,104 |
| Citrus fruit growing | 434 |
| Olive growing | 766 |
| Other fruit and tree nut growing | 2,511 |
| Sheep farming (specialised) | 82,360 |
| Beef cattle farming (specialised) | 47,364 |
| Sheep-beef cattle farming | 28,451 |
| Grain-sheep or grain-beef cattle farming | 37,796 |
| Other grain growing | 47,698 |
| Other crop growing n.e.c. | 16,342 |
| Dairy cattle farming | 352,414 |
| Poultry farming (eggs) | 28 |
| Deer farming | 9,603 |
| Horse farming | 2,405 |
| Pig farming | 1,693 |
| Other livestock farming n.e.c. | 470 |
| Forestry | 714 |
Definitions
Farm: For the purposes of this census a farm is one or more blocks of land, managed as a single operation, that is engaged in agricultural activity. This includes farming of livestock, horticulture, viticulture, nurseries, forestry, growing grain and seed crops, and land that could be used for these purposes.
Irrigable land area: land area that could have been irrigated using existing resource consents and equipment that is on the farm. Irrigable area may be irrigated by more than one system.
Data calculation/treatment
Figures may not add to the totals due to rounding.
Farm types are classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC06).
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Limitations of the data
The compulsory registration level for GST is $60,000 so there is a partial and unquantifiable coverage of units below this level.
Inclusions
The Agricultural Production Surveys and Census include all units identified on Statistics New Zealand's Business Frame as having agricultural activity. The Business Frame is a list of businesses in New Zealand, based on their registration for goods and services tax (GST) with Inland Revenue. In the case of agriculture the Business Frame includes the following units: - those units registered for GST (and filing a non-zero GST return) that have indicated involvement in agricultural activity (as defined above) - those businesses with more than $200,000 of GST sales or purchases, or that are an employer, whose main activity is not agriculture but have indicated some secondary agricultural activity.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Agricultural Census: Irrigable land by farm type (ANZSIC06) 2012
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How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Irrigable land by farm type (ANZSIC06), at 30 June 2012'.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Agricultural Census: Irrigable land by farm type (ANZSIC06) 2012
From the dataset Agricultural Census: Irrigable land by farm type (ANZSIC06) 2012, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Irrigable land by farm type
- Range:
C8:F39 - Provided: 124 data points
This data forms the table Agricultural Census - Irrigable land by farm type 2012.
Dataset originally released on:
May 13, 2013