Find out how New Zealand’s sheep and beef farms are expected to perform this year – and how they’ve performed in the past.
Farm management performance indicators are summarised by farm, hectare, stock unit, region, and farm class. They include balance sheet analysis.
For comparison purposes, the spreadsheets include 10 years of sheep and beef farm data including the latest forecast.
For quintile analysis, go to Benchmark your farm. To benchmark the profitability of your own farm, try BLNZ’s Profitability Calculator
Northern North Island: Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty
Northern North Island - Class 3 hard hill country
Northern North Island - Class 4 hill country
Northern North Island - Class 5 finishing
Northern North Island - Class 9 all classes
Eastern North Island: Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa
Eastern North Island - Class 3 hard hill country
Eastern North Island - Class 4 hill country
Eastern North Island - Class 5 finishing
Eastern North Island - Class 9 all classes
Western North Island: Taranaki, Manawatu
Western North Island - Class 3 hard hill country
Western North Island - Class 4 hill country
Western North Island - Class 5 finishing
Western North Island - Class 9 all classes
Northern-Central South Island: Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury
Class 1 South Island high country - all regions
Northern-Central South Island - Class 2 hill country
Northern-Central South Island - Class 6 finishing breeding
Northern-Central South Island - Class 8 mixed finishing
Northern-Central South Island - Class 9 all classes
Southern South Island: Otago, Southland
Class 1 South Island high country - all regions
Southern South Island - Class 6 finishing breeding
NZ South Island - Class 7 finishing
Southern South Island - Class 9 all classes
New Zealand: grouped by farm class
NZ - Class 1 high country
NZ South Island - Class 2 hill country
NZ North Island - Class 3 hard hill country
NZ North Island - Class 4 hill country
NZ North Island - Class 5 finishing
NZ South Island - Class 6 finishing breeding
NZ South Island - Class 7 finishing
NZ South Island - Class 8 mixed finishing
NZ - Class 9 all classes
Background to the survey
The Beef + Lamb New Zealand sheep and beef farm survey began in 1950 and is central to our activities. It provides a sound base for the Economic Service's forecasts of meat and wool production and trends in the sector, by linking physical production together with financial returns and the capital structure of farms. After producing the sheep & beef mid-season update in February, in September each year we publish our estimate of the actual farm situation for the new season ahead.
How this data is used
The trends shown by farm survey data are published in several key reports, including the stock number survey, lamb crop, and movements in sheep and beef farm input prices (see Economic reports). For comparison purposes, the spreadsheets include 10 years of sheep and beef farm data including the latest forecast.