7123.6.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Tasmania, 2003-04

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Tasmanian agriculture supports a broad range of livestock-based production. The Tasmanian cattle industry produces meat for domestic and international markets and milk for domestic consumption and as inputs for further processing into high quality cheeses and butter. The Tasmanian sheep industry produces ultra high quality fine wool, sheep for live export and meat for foreign and domestic markets.

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, Tasmania, at 30 June


	Milk cattle '000	Meat cattle '000	Sheep & lambs '000

1997(a)	210.6	514.6	3,976.6
2001	209.8	426.5	3,284.2
2002	187.1	431.8	3,379.6
2003	199.6	481.9	3,299.0
2004	188.6	495.5	3,183.4

(a) At 31 March.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

This section contains the following subsection :
Sheep and lambs
Meat cattle
Milk cattle