This was little changed from the previous year. The number of ewes intended to be mated during the year ended 30 June 2001 was estimated to be 49.6 million head. This publication contains preliminary estimates of principal agricultural commodities and livestock numbers for the 1999-2000 season, intended ewe matings for the forthcoming season, and comparative data for earlier years. Prior to this, agricultural commodity statistics were collected for years ended 31 March. Prior to 1993-94 the scope has varied.
Details are available on request.
The estimates for earlier years shown in this publication have been revised where necessary. Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals. There are about two chances in three that a sample estimate will differ by less than one SE from the figure that would have been obtained if all farm businesses had been included, and about nineteen chances in twenty that the difference will be less than two SEs. In this publication, sampling variability of the estimates is measured by the relative SE which is obtained by expressing the SE as a percentage of the estimate to which it refers. Separate indication of the relative SEs of all estimates is available on request .