Meat & Livestock Australia has released its annual herd and flock maps based on recently released Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the 2021 financial year.
It suggests there were 24.4 million cattle (dairy and beef) in Australia in 2021, based on ABS data. There are more sheep in NSW than there are cattle in the whole of Australia.
MLA has transformed the information into the visual map, including rankings (click on image below to see enlarged version).
The breakdown of cattle numbers by state is:
- Queensland: 10.7 million head (44pc)
- NSW: 4.4 million head (18pc)
- Victoria: 3.6…
