Livestock cattle, 2008 - 2020

Livestock cattle, 2008 - 2020

Periods Other cows Other cows, total (x 1 000) Other cows Cows for fattening (>= 2 years) (x 1 000) Other cows Suckling cows (>= 2 years) (x 1 000)
2020 April 58 . .
2020 December 43 . .
Source: © Statistics Netherlands, NEA
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Table explanation


This table provides information about the number of cattle on Dutch agricultural holdings. In addition to numbers, cattle are broken down by: cattle kept for the production of milk and cattle for fattening. The cattle population is counted on 1 April and 1 December.

Data available from: 1 December 2008 to 1 December 2020.

Status of the figures:
The numbers are final.

Changes as of April 30, 2021:
None, this table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
This table is followed by Livestock on agricultural holdings: reference date 1 April and 1 December, see the links in section 3.

Description topics

Other cows
Cows of 2 years and older, like cull cows that are fattened for slaughtering, and suckling cows.
Other cows, total
From 2013 the separate observation of underlying categories is discontinued; only the total remains available.
Cows for fattening (>= 2 years)
Cows aged 2 years or older, that are fattened after having calved at least once; includes cull dairy cows (cows taken out of milk production to be slaughtered).
Suckling cows (>= 2 years)
Suckling cows aged 2 years or older (calved at least once).

Suckling cows are cows bred for fattening, whose nursing calvesare allowed to suckle and that therefore do not produce milk.