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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

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