Selected Livestock Numbers in June (000's)
| Type of Livestock | 1847 |
1897 |
1947 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | 2,005 |
3,662 |
3,950 |
7,037 | 7,050 |
6,992 |
7,000 |
7,016 |
6,983 |
6,916 | 6,704 | 6,7101 |
| Sheep | 2,046 |
3,796 |
2,094 |
7,555 | 7,330 |
7,210 |
6,849 |
6,777 |
6,392 |
5,973 | 5,522 | 5,0941 |
| Pigs | 542 |
1,064 |
457 |
1,722 | 1,743 |
1,785 |
1,726 |
1,653 |
1,688 |
1,643 | 1,588 | 1,467 |
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