New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2014-15

Table 3.10 shows the number and percentage of owner-operators and sharemilkers by herd size.
Table 3.10: Operating structure by herd size in 2014/15
Herd size
Owneroperators
Owneroperators
%
All
sharemilkers
All
sharemilkers
%
50/50
sharemilkers
50/50
sharemilkers
%
Variable
order sharemilkers
Variable
order sharemilkers
%
Number of
herds (excl.
unknown)
Percentage
of herds
10-49 6 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.1
50-99 197 2.4 21 0.5 11 0.5 10 0.5 218 1.8
100-149 573 7.1 139 3.6 72 3.5 67 3.7 712 6.0
150-199 944 11.7 363 9.4 241 11.8 122 6.7 1,307 10.9
200-249 1,111 13.8 546 14.1 328 16.0 218 11.9 1,657 13.9
250-299 843 10.5 399 10.3 259 12.6 140 7.7 1,242 10.4
300-349 751 9.3 458 11.8 263 12.8 195 10.7 1,209 10.1
350-399 508 6.3 297 7.7 153 7.5 144 7.9 805 6.7
400-449 487 6.0 293 7.6 150 7.3 143 7.8 780 6.5
450-499 363 4.5 220 5.7 104 5.1 116 6.3 583 4.9
500-549 354 4.4 210 5.4 81 4.0 129 7.1 564 4.7
550-599 289 3.6 153 3.9 75 3.7 78 4.3 442 3.7
600-649 256 3.2 156 4.0 66 3.2 90 4.9 412 3.5
650-699 190 2.4 91 2.3 40 2.0 51 2.8 281 2.4
700-749 173 2.1 94 2.4 41 2.0 53 2.9 267 2.2
750-799 148 1.8 85 2.2 32 1.6 53 2.9 233 2.0
800-849 148 1.8 72 1.9 27 1.3 45 2.5 220 1.8
850-899 94 1.2 36 0.9 11 0.5 25 1.4 130 1.1
900-949 110 1.4 51 1.3 22 1.1 29 1.6 161 1.3
950-999 65 0.8 35 0.9 15 0.7 20 1.1 100 0.8
1000-1099 126 1.6 55 1.4 22 1.1 33 1.8 181 1.5
1100-1199 96 1.2 32 0.8 12 0.6 20 1.1 128 1.1
1200-1499 123 1.5 45 1.2 16 0.8 29 1.6 168 1.4
1500+ 104 1.3 28 0.7 9 0.4 19 1.0 132 1.1
Total/Avg 8,059 100.0 3,879 100.0 2,050 100.0 1,829 100.0 11,938 100.0
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