7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2006-07

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The climate, terrain and vegetation of NSW are well suited for breeding and grazing of livestock. Sheep grazing continues to be the main livestock activity across the state while beef cattle are found in all Statistical Divisions (SDs). Dairying predominates along the coastal fringes of the state and in the Murray SD; pigs are mainly raised in the Murray SD.

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, NSW, at 30 June


	Meat cattle '000	Milk cattle(a) '000	Sheep & lambs '000	Pigs '000

2003	5 419	398	33 706	729
2004	5 416	400	35 227	624
2005	5 335	399	34 341	^732

2006(b)	5 862	349	32 146	655
2007(b)	5 609	326	28 607	741

^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) Excluding house cows.
(b) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

This section contains the following subsection :
Meat Cattle
Milk Cattle
Sheep and Lambs
Pigs