Australia
International Livestock Project (Austin, Will & Shelby)
Uses and Top Livestock Produced
Poultry are most produced in Australia
Most are broilers for meat, but some are layers for eggs.
Lamb are second most produced in Australia
They are used for meat, a lot of it is exported to other countries.
Sheep are third most produced in Australia
Adult sheep are used to produce both wool and meat.
Australia Livestock Numbers and Exports
Australia
Cattle Exported Live-797,000Pigs-5,402,000
Sheep Exported Live-6,443,000
Beef-8,587,000 ($545,637 in 2008)
Sheep-14,441,000 ($282,533,000 in 2008)
Poultry-416,000,000 ($5,413,000 in 2008)
USA Livestock Numbers and Exports
Cattle and calves- 96,347,858 ($11,736,000)
Hogs and pigs- 67,786,318 ($8,574,000)
Sheep and lambs- 5,819,162 ($5,419,000)
Broilers & other meat chickens- 1,602,574,592 ($15,006,000)
Laying hens- 349,772,558