Keep up-to-date with industry inputs and trends to build a complete picture of your farm and our sector.
Farm data and industry production
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Sheep & beef farm survey
Find out how New Zealand’s sheep and beef farms are expected to perform this year – and how they’ve performed in the past.
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Benchmark your farm
Find out what the key performance indicators are for farm classes in your region and see how you compare.
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Price trend graphs
Here you'll find more than 10 years of farmgate data showing the average and annual monthly prices for YM lamb, all-grades lamb, mutton, steer, heifer, cow and bull meat – as well as the annual dairy milk solids payout, and price estimates for the year ahead.
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Industry production trends
Access weekly, monthly and annual slaughter statistics for export-inspected New Zealand beef, lamb and mutton, livestock numbers for the past 10 years, and estimates for the year ahead.
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Farm classes
This page explains the farm class system we use to categorise farm types in our economic reports – and how understanding your farm class can help you to benchmark your farm.