As I consider myself an #agvocate - one of the most important things for me to accomplish on my trip is to see how the agriculture industry operates in the land of the kiwis.
I was very interested in seeing some differences in agriculture production between the two countrys, so I did some quick research on the wonderful internet, and found some interesting things. Statistics New Zealand and Stats Can were very good sources.
New Zealand population: 4.4 million
Canada population: 34.1 million
Dairy cattle in New Zealand: 6.2 million
Dairy cattle in Canada: 1.4 million
- New Zealand exports a large amount of dairy production to Asian countries
Sheep in New Zealand: 31.1 million
Sheep in Canada: 1.07 million
New Zealand also produces some cereals, and I found some stats from the 2011 season;
Wheat: 393,400 tonnes produced on 135,356 acres (106.7 bu/ac average yield)
Barley: 367,700 tonnes produced on 162,279 acres (104.04 bu/ac average yield)
Canada cereal production for 2011 (StatsCan):
Wheat: 25.3 million tonnes on 21.5 million seeded acres (43.3 bu/ac average yield)
Barley: 7.6 millions tonnes on 6.5 million seeded acres (53.7 bu/ac average yield)
It is very interesting to see the differences in agriculture production between Canada and New Zealand, and it is my goal to learn about more when I arrive.
One of the most interesting things I learned on my search around the interweb, is that there are 702 wineries in NZ - and the majority of wine produced Sauvignon Blanc... Makes me even more excited about getting there!
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| Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Merlot... I'm salivating already! |
Possible wine tasting in T-minus 4 days....
Definitely go wine tasting! And when I was in Australia we ate lamb, like Canadians ate steak. It was delicious. Make sure you go visit a grocery store to. Really interesting to see how they market and label their meat.
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