Stats NZ has released provisional Agricultural production statistics, year to June 2022.
The 2022 provisional agricultural production census is based on data from 67 percent of expected respondents, a lower response rate than usual (in the 2017 census it was 84 percent). This has impacted on the accuracy of the release, compared with previous years.
Stats NZ will continue to work with respondents and stakeholders to process and analyse data received since mid-November 2022, and to better understand the quality of all the data for the final agricultural production statistics release, which will be published on 5 May 2023.
Key facts
At 30 June 2022, the number of:
- beef cattle was 3.8 million, down 3 percent from 2021
- sheep was 25.1 million, down 2 percent from 2021
- dairy cattle was 5.9 million, down 4 percent from 2021
During the year ended 30 June 2022, the area of:
- wheat harvested was 40,900 hectares, a decrease of 6 percent from 2021
- barley harvested was 44,000 hectares, no change from 2021
