New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11 - LIC
New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11 - LIC
New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11 - LIC
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Contents<br />
1. Introduction 4<br />
2. National dairy statistics 5<br />
A. Industry statistics 5<br />
i) Production 5<br />
ii) Population 6<br />
B. Herd production statistics 8<br />
i) Production per cow 9<br />
ii) Herd size distribution <strong>11</strong><br />
3. Regional dairy statistics 13<br />
4. Herd improvement 20<br />
A. Use of herd testing 20<br />
B. Herd test averages 22<br />
i) Season averages 22<br />
ii) Monthly averages 24<br />
iii) Breed averages 26<br />
C. Artificial Breeding (AB) statistics 28<br />
D. Animal Evaluation 33<br />
5. General statistics 39<br />
A. Prices received by dairy farmers 39<br />
i) Milksolids 39<br />
ii) <strong>Dairy</strong> farm land sale values 41<br />
B. Breed breakdown 43<br />
C. Calving 44<br />
i) Planned start of calving and median calving dates 44<br />
ii) Calving interval 45<br />
D. Operating structures 46<br />
6. Disease control 50<br />
A. <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> dairy herd Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) control scheme 50<br />
B. Tuberculosis (Tb) control 51<br />
Appendix 1: Farming regions and districts 52<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>Dairy</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong> 1