Livestock
Queensland agriculture supports a broad range of livestock-based production; the state is the major producer of meat cattle in Australia and has the biggest pig herd having recently overtaken New South Wales. The main sheep belt is a broad strip running through the centre of Queensland, extending north-west from the New South Wales border to the shires of Flinders, McKinley and Richmond.
LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, Queensland, at 30 June
|
 | Meat
cattle
'000 | | Sheep &
lambs
'000 | | Pigs
'000 |
|
| 1997(a) | 10,123 | | 10,528 | | 600 |
| 2001 | 11,088 | | 8,660 | | 597 |
| 2002 | 11,284 | | 6,752 | | 643 |
| 2003 | 10,507 | | 4,815 | | 663 |
| 2004 | 11,245 | | 4,824 | | 691 |
|
(a) At 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).
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