New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2014-15

Table 3.9 compares the number (and percentage) of owner-operators with sharemilkers by region. In the South Island there were more variable
order sharemilkers than 50/50 sharemilkers, while the opposite was the case in 2014/15 in the North Island.
Table 3.9: Operating structure by region in 2014/15
Farming region
Owneroperators
Owneroperators
%
All
sharemilkers
All
sharemilkers
%
50/50
sharemilkers
50/50
sharemilkers
%
Variable
order
sharemilkers
Variable
order
sharemilkers
%
Total herds
(excl.
unknown)
Northland 690 8.6 220 5.7 114 5.6 106 5.8 910
Auckland 256 3.2 161 4.1 101 4.9 60 3.3 417
Waikato 2,284 28.3 1,220 31.4 770 37.6 450 24.6 3,504
Bay of Plenty 424 5.3 172 4.4 101 4.9 71 3.9 596
Central Plateau 337 4.2 146 3.8 91 4.4 55 3.0 483
Western Uplands 57 0.7 33 0.9 17 0.8 16 0.9 90
East Coast 7 0.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 8
Hawkes Bay 63 0.8 12 0.3 9 0.4 3 0.2 75
Taranaki 1,070 13.3 635 16.4 312 15.2 323 17.7 1,705
Manawatu 415 5.2 139 3.6 69 3.4 70 3.8 554
Wairarapa 332 4.1 130 3.4 63 3.1 67 3.7 462
North Island 5,935 73.7 2,869 73.9 1,647 80.3 1,222 66.8 8,804
Nelson/Marlborough 191 2.4 45 1.2 27 1.3 18 1.0 236
West Coast 288 3.6 88 2.3 38 1.9 50 2.7 376
North Canterbury 597 7.4 237 6.1 105 5.1 132 7.3 834
South Canterbury 191 2.4 111 2.9 30 1.5 81 4.4 302
Otago 238 3.0 178 4.6 59 2.9 119 6.5 416
Southland 619 7.7 351 9.0 144 7.0 207 11.3 970
South Island 2,123 26.3 1,011 26.1 403 19.7 608 33.2 3,134
New Zealand 8,059 100.0 3,879 100.0 2,050 100.0 1,829 100.0 11,938
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New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2014-15