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Cattle herd reaches 24.4 million while sheep flock hits 68 million

QUEENSLAND has the most cattle of any state in Australia while New South Wales accounts for the biggest proportion of the nation’s sheep flock.

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 The sheep flock stood at 68 million head for the 2021 financial year, according to the ABS. Picture Mark Saunders.

The sheep flock stood at 68 million head for the 2021 financial year, according to the ABS. Picture Mark Saunders.

National herd and flock data has been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the 2021 financial year and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has transformed this information into visual...

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