New Zealand’s Cattle Industry
New Zealand — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 3329800; 2024: 5287500
Cattle inventory
1990: 8033976; 2024: 9516288 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 478643; 2024: 741844 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 1757.8; 2024: 12855.4 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 319663.2; 2024: 653584.74 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 2705507; 2024: 4682863 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 35.3; 2024: 49.2 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 21974 tonnes; 2024: 36388.25 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 174496 tonnes; 2024: 591450.16 tonnes
Barley
1991: 3337 tonnes; 2024: 3279.3 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 2 tonnes; 2024: 393.92 tonnes
Oats
1991: 21 tonnes; 2024: 8.05 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 320 tonnes; 2024: 2653.55 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 1722 tonnes; 2024: 350550.27 tonnes