SOUTH ISLAND Dairying within the NZ DAIRY INDUSTRY
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Dairy farming - NZ’s largest single
industry.
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96% of New Zealand’s milk production is exported.
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New Zealand’s 11,400 dairy farmers work with or employ another
30,000 people on farm.
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Thousands more are employed in associated businesses and in
dairy factories.
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Production – Over 1.27 billion
kilograms of milk solids processed from 14.7 billion litres milk.
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Population – NZ Average herd
size 351; 11,436 herds; 4m cows
(2007/08 season)
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SI average herd
size 526 cows; 2386 herds; 1,255,562 cows.
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South Island dairy production – fastest growing, now represents over 35% of total NZ milk solids production, from 21% of NZ’s farms and 31% of NZ’s cows.
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Overall the
South Island has larger farms, larger herds, higher production
per cow and per hectare.
|
Region |
Herds |
Cows |
Total effective ha |
Ave Herd Size |
Ave effective ha |
Ave cows/ha |
|
Nelson/Marlborough |
248 |
81,087 |
29,930 |
327 |
121 |
2.78 |
|
West Coast |
368 |
132,598 |
59,573 |
360 |
162 |
2.31 |
|
North Canterbury |
545 |
387,152 |
116,082 |
710 |
215 |
3.28 |
|
South Canterbury |
184 |
130,773 |
41,190 |
711 |
224 |
3.23 |
|
Otago |
331 |
170,629 |
59,165 |
515 |
179 |
2.92 |
|
Southland |
710 |
353,323 |
130,073 |
498 |
183 |
2.72 |
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Total or averages |
2,386 |
1,255,562 |
437,013 |
526 |
183 |
2.86 |
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Change from previous season |
4.33% |
8.68% |
6.48% |
4.12% |
1.97% |
1.60% |
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South Island
% of NZ totals |
20.9% |
31.3% |
30.4% |
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TOTAL NZ |
11,436 |
4,012,867 |
1,436,549 |
351 |
126 |
2.83
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Region |
Total MS Prod'n ['000] |
MS per Herd |
MS/cow |
MS/ha |
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|
Nelson/Marlborough |
25,944 |
104,612 |
324 |
905 |
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West Coast |
41,884 |
113,815 |
321 |
736 |
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North Canterbury |
145,719 |
267,374 |
384 |
1,259 |
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South Canterbury |
48,565 |
263,939 |
376 |
1,221 |
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Otago |
61,220 |
184,956 |
368 |
1,073 |
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Southland |
128,634 |
181,174 |
371 |
1,004 |
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Total or averages |
451,966 |
189,424 |
361 |
1,037 |
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Change from previous season |
6.99% |
2.55% |
-3.22% |
-0.86% |
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New Zealand
|
1,270,000 |
111,033 |
307 |
873 |
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(adapted from “Dairy Statistics 2007-08”,
LIC)
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