7123.6.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Tasmania, 2003-04  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/07/2005   
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Most of Tasmania's milk cattle are found in the north-west around Circular Head, Meander Valley, Wynyard and King Island. There is also a concentration of milk cattle in the north-east throughout the Dorset municipality.

Tasmania's milk cattle herd decreased by 6% in the year ending 30 June 2004 to be at 188,600.

MILK CATTLE, Tasmania, at 30 June

'000

1997(a)
210.6
2001
209.8
2002
187.1
2003
199.6
2004
188.6

(a) At 31 March.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0);Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

At 30 June 2004, 59% of milk cattle in Tasmania were found in the Mersey-Lyell Statistical Division (112,100).
MILK CATTLE, at 30 June 2004

Statistical Division
'000

Greater Hobart
-
Southern
* 3.3
Northern
73.2
Mersey-Lyell
112.1
Tasmania
188.6

* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2004 Agricultural Survey.



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