New Zealand in Profile: 2010
| |
2008 |
2003 |
Land use |
Hectares (thousand) |
| Grazing, arable, fodder, and fallow land |
11,277 |
11,738 |
| Planted production forest |
1,610 |
1,829 |
| Horticultural land |
134 |
120 |
| Other land |
1,534 |
1,748 |
| Total land under farming |
14,555 |
15,436 |
Grazing: stock numbers |
(million) |
| Sheep |
34.1 |
39.6 |
| Dairy cattle |
5.6 |
5.1 |
| Beef cattle |
4.1 |
4.6 |
| Deer |
1.2 |
1.7 | |
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