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Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture & Forestry - May 2003 update 

Table of Contents

• Summary
  • Pastoral exports:
  • Horticultural exports:
  • Agriculture GDP:
  • Forestry exports:
• 1.0 Introduction
  • Forecast timing and assumptions
  • International shocks
  • Climate
  • Forecasting process
• 2.0 Pastoral Agriculture
  • 2.1 Livestock Numbers
  • 2.2 Sheep
  • 2.2.1 Sheep meat
    • Production and Trade
    • Prices
  • 2.2.2 Wool
    • Production and trade
    • Prices
  • 2.3 Beef Cattle
    • Production and Trade
    • Prices
  • 2.4 Deer
    • Venison
    • Velvet
  • 2.5 Dairy
    • Production and trade
    • International prices in 2002/03
    • International prices out to 2007/08
    • Milksolids Payouts
• 3.0 Horticulture
  • 3.1 Apples
    • Production and Trade
  • 3.2 Kiwifruit
    • Production and Trade
    • Prices
  • 3.3 Wine
    • Production and Trade
    • Prices
  • 3.4 Other Horticulture
• 4.0 Pastoral and Horticultural Exports
• 5.0 Agricultural Sector Revenue and Expenditure
• 6.0 Forestry
  • 6.1 Logs and Lumber
    • Logs
    • Lumber
  • 6.2 Wood pulp, Paper Products and Panels
    • Pulp
    • Paper
    • Panels
• Further Information
• Appendix: New Zealand Macroeconomic Assumptions
• Appendix 2: Tables Note: the tables made available in this appendix are not part of the printed copy of this update, but MAF has taken advantage of the ability of the Internet to make them available in  Microsoft Excel™ spreadsheet (.xls) form.

  If you wish to view Microsoft Excel™ files and you do not have Excel™ installed on your computer, you may download a free viewer from Microsoft.

  • Agriculture sector revenue and expenditure
  • Dairy exports
  • Farm and orchard prices
  • Forestry exports
  • Horticultural exports
  • International prices
  • Meat and wool exports
• PDF Version 

Contact for further information:

Rod Forbes
Phone: (04) 474 4222
Email: rod.forbes@maf.govt.nz