Decrease in number of livestock holdings

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In 2017, a total of 28 000 holdings kept livestock, which is 400 fewer than the year before according to new figures for Livestock husbandry

Figure 1. Holdings keeping domestic animals

Holdings
2008 33559
2009 32551
2010 32270
2011 31190
2012 30408
2013 29744
2014 29124
2015 28587
2016 28375
2017* 28012

The number of cattle increased by 17 200 to a total of 865 400 from 2016 to 2017. The number of beef cows and cattle other than beef cows and dairy cows increased, while the number of dairy cows decreased. The number of dairy cows was reduced by 4 300 to 222 400. The number of beef cows increased by 6 200 to 82 400, and the number of cattle other than cows increased by 15 300 to 560 600.

Figure 2. Holdings keeping various kinds as per 1 January

Dairy cows Beef cows Winter feed sheep Pigs Laying hens Broilers
2008 13251 4858 15132 3126 1888 551
2009 12266 4920 14800 3031 1919 614
2010 11529 4972 14751 2929 2002 615
2011 10943 5002 14591 2781 1942 605
2012 10335 4932 14477 2678 1888 603
2013 9820 4939 14108 2548 1960 615
2014 9364 4838 14242 2443 1961 660
2015 8860 4884 14261 2343 2047 678
2016 8543 4950 14463 2369 2086 650
2017* 8331 5147 14523 2401 2111 599

Figure 3. Dairy cows and beef cows. Number of heads

Dairy cows Beef cows
2008 262090 54641
2009 249482 57777
2010 245001 61527
2011 240935 64406
2012 237569 65631
2013 238801 67542
2014 229664 68759
2015 228445 71944
2016 226784 76180
2017* 222441 82389
 

From 2016 to 2017, the number of sheep increased by 3.1 per cent to a total of 1.1 million. About 14 500 holdings kept sheep, almost the same as the year before.

From 2016 to 2017, the number of breeding pigs dropped by 3.8 per cent to 89 100. In the same period, the number of pigs slaughtered increased by 2.5 per cent to 1 607 600.

At the start of 2017, 2 100 holdings kept 4.4 million laying hens. About 600 holdings kept broilers in 2017, and the number of broilers slaughtered the year before increased by 3.5 per cent from 2016 to 2017, to a total of 65.5 million in 2017.

 

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