1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/04/2004   
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Most of Tasmania's milk cattle are found in the north west around Circular Head, Meander Valley, Wynyard and King Island, and in the north east throughout the Dorset municipality.

Tasmania's milk cattle herd decreased by an estimated 27,000 head (down 12%) in the year ending 30 June 2000.


MILK CATTLE, Tasmania(a)

At 31 March
'000

1996
197
1997
211
1998
218
1999
233
2000(b)
206

(a) Excluding house cows.
(b) At 30 June.

Source: Agriculture, Australia (Cat. no. 7113.0).