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Livestock slaughter statistics by Territorial Authority

Annual livestock slaughter data including total animals slaughtered, average weight at slaughter, and condemned carcasses by animal (particularly cattle, calves, pigs, sheep, lambs, and goats) by Territorial Authority (or Statistical Area 2) for any period of time available. Formatted as a csv or excel document.

conducting research into regional differences in pastoral animal disease.

Providing data by region on the share of livestock that are condemned.


Response from
Ministry for Primary Industries

Data not suitable for release

OIA23-0242 23 May 2023 Data and Info Dear Data and Info Thank you for your email of 2 May 2023 requesting information relating to livestock slaughter statistics. Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You requested the following: Annual livestock slaughter data including total animals slaughtered, average weight at slaughter, and condemned carcasses by animal (particularly cattle, calves, pigs, sheep, lambs, and goats) by Territorial Authority (or Statistical Area 2) for any period of time available. Formatted as a csv or excel document. On 2 May 2023 the Ministry for Primary Industries responded to OIA23-0170, which was an identical request. This response applies to the current request and is available at: https://www.data.govt.nz/datasetrequest/show/884 Should you have any concerns with this response, I would encourage you to raise these with the Ministry for Primary Industries at Official.InformationAct@mpi.govt.nz. Alternatively, you are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at info@ombudsman.parliament.nz. Yours sincerely Michelle Morehu Director, Government Services

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