A.1: Livestock numbers in New Zealand,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,Thousands of head,,,,,,,,,,,,, Year ended 30 June,Sheep ,Dairy cattle,Beef cattle,Deer,Pigs ,Goats,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1980, 68 772, 2 969, 5 162, 104, 434, 53,,,,,,,, 1981, 69 884, 2 922, 5 113, 109, 420, 68,,,,,,,, 1982, 70 301, 3 007, 4 906, 151, 406, 93,,,,,,,, 1983, 70 263, 3 134, 4 497, 196, 408, 150,,,,,,,, 1984, 69 739, 3 246, 4 531, 259, 436, 230,,,,,,,, 1985, 67 854, 3 308, 4 613, 320, 454, 427,,,,,,,, 1986, 67 470, 3 398, 4 881, 392, 435, 723,,,,,,,, 1987, 64 244, 3 195, 4 804, 500, 426, 1 054,,,,,,,, 1988, 64 600, 3 200, 4 858, 606, 414, 1 301,,,,,,,, 1989, 60 569, 3 302, 4 526, 780, 411, 1 222,,,,,,,, 1990, 57 852, 3 441, 4 593, 976, 395, 1 063,,,,,,,, 1991, 55 162, 3 429, 4 671, 1 130, 407, 793 1992, 52 568, 3 468, 4 676, 1 135, 411, 533 1993, 50 298, 3 550, 4 758, 1 078, 395, 433 1994, 49 466, 3 839, 5 048, 1 231, 423, 284 1995, 48 816, 4 090, 5 183, 1 179, 431, 337 1996, 47 394, 4 165, 4 852, 1 192, 424, 228 "19971,2", 46 834, 4 257, 4 806, 1 268, 407, 214 "19981,2", 45 956, 4 345, 4 432, 1 344, 351, 200 1999, 45 680, 4 316, 4 644, 1 677, 369, 186 "20001,2", 42 845, 4 599, 4 670, 1 496, 369, 173 20012, 40 010, 4 846, 4 791, 1 572, 355, 163 2002, 39 572, 5 162, 4 491, 1 648, 342, 153 2003, 39 552, 5 102, 4 627, 1 689, 377, 179 2004, 39 271, 5 152, 4 447, 1 757, 389, 141 2005, 39 880, 5 087, 4 424, 1 705, 341,.. 2006, 40 082, 5 170, 4 439, 1 587, 356,.. 2007, 38 460, 5 261, 4 394, 1 396, 367, 112 Notes,,,,,, 1 Meat and Wool New Zealand Limited Economic Service's (MWIES) estimates for sheep and beef.,,,,,, 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) estimates.,,,,,, .. Not available or not estimated,,,,,, Data between 1950 and 1979 is available on request by emailing stats_info@maf.govt.nz,,,,,, ,,,,,, "Source: Statistics New Zealand, MWNZL Economic Service and MAF.",,,,,,