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Agricultural production statistics: Year to June 2022 (provisional)

Agricultural production statistics include results for key livestock, forestry, and arable crops.

Key facts

At 30 June 2022, the number of:

  • beef cattle was 3.8 million, down 3 percent from 2021
  • sheep was 25.1 million, down 2 percent from 2021
  • dairy cattle was 5.9 million, down 4 percent from 2021.

During the year ended 30 June 2022, the area of:

  • wheat harvested was 40,900 hectares, a decrease of 6 percent from 2021
  • barley harvested was 44,000 hectares, no change from 2021.
Created with Highcharts 5.0.14At 30 JuneNumberTotal beef cattle, 2002–2022Total Beef Cattle20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202201M2M3M4M5MStats NZ

Total beef cattle, 2002–2022

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberTotal beef cattle, 2002–2022Total Beef Cattle20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202201M2M3M4M5MStats NZ
At JuneTotal Beef Cattle
20024,491,000
20034,627,000
20044,447,000
20054,424,000
20064,439,000
20074,394,000
20084,137,000
20094,101,000
20103,949,000
20113,846,000
20123,734,000
20133,699,000
20143,670,000
20153,547,000
20163,533,000
20173,616,000
20183,721,000
20193,890,000
20203,883,000
20213,965,000
20223,842,000
Created with Highcharts 5.0.14At 30 JuneNumberTotal dairy cattle, 2002–2022Total Dairy Cattle20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202202M4M6M8MStats NZ

Total dairy cattle, 2002–2022

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberTotal dairy cattle, 2002–2022Total Dairy Cattle20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202202M4M6M8MStats NZ
at JuneTotal Dairy Cattle
20025,162,000
20035,102,000
20045,152,000
20055,087,000
20065,170,000
20075,261,000
20085,578,000
20095,861,000
20105,915,000
20116,175,000
20126,446,000
20136,484,000
20146,698,000
20156,486,000
20166,619,000
20176,530,000
20186,386,000
20196,261,000
20206,200,000
20216,185,000
20225,917,000
Created with Highcharts 5.0.14At 30 JuneNumberTotal sheep, 2002–2022Total Sheep200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022010M20M30M40M50MStats NZ

Total sheep, 2002–2022

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14NumberTotal sheep, 2002–2022Total Sheep200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022010M20M30M40M50MStats NZ
At JuneTotal Sheep
200239,572,000
200339,552,000
200439,271,000
200539,880,000
200640,082,000
200738,460,000
200834,088,000
200932,384,000
201032,563,000
201131,132,000
201231,263,000
201330,787,000
201429,803,000
201529,121,000
201627,584,000
201727,527,000
201827,296,000
201926,822,000
202026,029,000
202125,733,000
202225,150,000
Created with Highcharts 5.0.14Year to 30 JuneHectaresArea harvested for wheat and barley, 2003–2022Area harvested, Wheat, in hectaresArea harvested, Barley, in hectares20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022020k40k60k80kStats NZ

Area harvested for wheat and barley, 2003–2022

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14HectaresArea harvested for wheat and barley, 2003–2022Area harvested, Wheat, in hectaresArea harvested, Barley, in hectares20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022025k50k75k100kStats NZ
During the yearArea harvested, Wheat, in hectaresArea harvested, Barley, in hectares
200342,60063,400
200439,10048,500
200539,40049,800
200638,00047,100
200740,50051,500
200842,30067,400
200953,90077,700
201054,80052,300
201152,60064,900
201254,80065,700
201349,20061,300
201447,90059,300
201547,70064,200
201649,90051,900
201741,10042,000
201841,40056,300
201945,00055,500
202045,70045,100
202143,50044,200
202240,90044,000

Provisional release affected by lower response

The 2022 provisional agricultural production census is based on data from 67 percent of expected respondents, a lower response rate than usual (in the 2017 census it was 84 percent). This has impacted on the accuracy of the release, compared with previous years.

Stats NZ will continue to work with respondents and stakeholders to process and analyse data received since mid-November 2022, and to better understand the quality of all the data for the final agricultural production statistics release, which will be published on 5 May 2023.

More data

Use Infoshare to access the agriculture time series:

Subject category: Industry sectors 
Group: Agriculture – AGR

ISSN 1178-0398

Next release

Agricultural production statistics: Year to June 2022 (final) will be released on 5 May 2023.

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