New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2014-15

Contents
1. Introduction 4
2. National dairy statistics 5
A. Industry statistics 5
i) Production 5
ii) Population 6
B. Herd production statistics 8
i) Production per cow and per hectare 9
ii) Herd size distribution 11
3. Regional dairy statistics 13
A. Region 13
B. District 16
C. Operating structures 20
D. Breed breakdown 24
4. Herd improvement 25
A. Use of herd testing 25
B. Herd test averages 27
i) Seasonal averages 27
ii) Monthly averages 29
iii) Breed category averages 31
C. Artificial Breeding (AB) statistics 33
D. Herd reproduction 38
E. Calving 41
i) Planned start of calving and median calving dates 41
ii) Calving interval 42
F. Animal Evaluation 43
i) Sire Evaluations 43
ii) Cow Evaluations 45
5. Prices received 49
A. Milk prices 49
B. Dairy farm land prices 50
6. Disease control 51
A. Tuberculosis (Tb) control 51
Appendix 1: Farming regions and districts 52
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