Browse Data and Analysis
Filter
Search Data and Analysis
- 2 results found
- (-) March 2022
- (-) October 2017
- (-) New Zealand
- Clear all
After two straight years of reaching record levels, New Zealand beef production and exports are expected to fall slightly in 2022. This decline is a result of expected reduced steer and heifer slaughter, as calf retentions in 2019 boosted last year’s slaughter number. As the size of New Zealand’s cattle herd is relatively steady, slaughter numbers are expected to return to more typical levels this year.
Wet and cold Spring weather has thwarted the anticipated 3 percent rebound in 2017 milk production.