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T a s k F o u r . Read the text and make up questions about dairying
in New Zealand.
DAIRY INDUSTRY FACTS AND RESOURCES
Dairying is New Zealand's largest industry and one of the fastest growing.
It is a significant employer and contributor to the wealth that underpins New
Zealand's standard of living.
Quick dairy farm facts:
The total cow population in New Zealand for the 2005/06 season was
3.832 million, down slightly from the year before.
The average herd size has more than doubled in the last twenty years to
322 cows in the 2005/06 season.
15.1% of all herds now have more than 500 cows.
The vast majority of herds are in the North Island (81.0%) with an average
North Island herd size of 280 cows.
South Island dairy herds account for the other 19% of the national total,
but have 29% of the cows, with the average herd size being 484 cows.
Canterbury has the largest average herd size of 648 cows.
South Auckland has 3823 herds making it the region with the most herds.
Our dairy season runs from the 1st of June through to the 31st of May.
In the 2004/05 season dairy companies in New Zealand processed a stag-
gering 14.7 billion litres of milk.
T a s k F i v e . Read the text and make a brief summary.
BRIEF HISTORY OF DAIRY FARMING
Dairy farming is part of the long and proud agricultural tradition in New
Zealand.
Dairy cattle were first imported by European settlers in the early 19th cen-
tury to provide milk, butter and cheese for local supply. As early as 1846, only
six years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the first exports began. By
1882 New Zealand was exporting the first refrigerated shipment – a worldwide
first – of meat and butter to the United Kingdom.
Refrigerated shipping enabled New Zealand to develop a substantial dairy
export trade to the United Kingdom, which remained the largest export market
until as late as the 1970s, when the United Kingdom joined the European Union.
Refrigerated shipping, New Zealand's temperate climate and a highly in-
novative and efficient dairy industry based on farmer-owned co-operative dairy
companies enabled dairying to grow into New Zealand's most important industry.
Since the 1970s there has been significant diversification in both dairy
products and markets. The United States is now our largest market and the
United Kingdom is about our 10th largest market – surpassed by Japan and
several other Asian markets that barely existed 30 years ago.

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