7123.6.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Tasmania, 2003-04  
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Tasmanian agriculture supports a broad range of livestock-based production. The Tasmanian cattle industry produces meat for domestic and international markets and milk for domestic consumption and as inputs for further processing into high quality cheeses and butter. The Tasmanian sheep industry produces ultra high quality fine wool, sheep for live export and meat for foreign and domestic markets.

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, Tasmania, at 30 June

Milk
cattle
'000
Meat
cattle
'000
Sheep &
lambs
'000

1997(a)
210.6
514.6
3,976.6
2001
209.8
426.5
3,284.2
2002
187.1
431.8
3,379.6
2003
199.6
481.9
3,299.0
2004
188.6
495.5
3,183.4

(a) At 31 March.

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




This section contains the following subsection :
          Sheep and lambs
          Meat cattle
          Milk cattle

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