Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Farm types Regions Periods Land use Area Utilised agricultural area (UAA) (are) Land use Number of farms Utilised agricultural area (UAA) (number)
All farm types Nederland 2022 180,436,921 49,679
All farm types Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 53,206,620 9,046
All farm types Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 50,803,595 16,162
All farm types West-Nederland (LD) 2022 43,260,986 12,562
All farm types Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 33,165,720 11,909
All farm types Groningen (PV) 2022 15,992,473 2,427
All farm types Fryslân (PV) 2022 22,478,762 4,008
All farm types Drenthe (PV) 2022 14,735,386 2,611
All farm types Overijssel (PV) 2022 19,527,802 6,278
All farm types Flevoland (PV) 2022 8,815,827 1,605
All farm types Gelderland (PV) 2022 22,459,967 8,279
All farm types Utrecht (PV) 2022 7,063,107 2,225
All farm types Noord-Holland (PV) 2022 12,613,654 3,322
All farm types Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022 11,713,551 4,321
All farm types Zeeland (PV) 2022 11,870,675 2,694
All farm types Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022 23,574,431 8,573
All farm types Limburg (PV) 2022 9,591,289 3,336
All farm types Oost-Groningen (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Overig Groningen (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Noord-Friesland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Twente (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Veluwe (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Achterhoek (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Utrecht (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types IJmond (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zaanstreek (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Delft en Westland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Overig Zeeland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Noord-Limburg (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Midden-Limburg (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Flevoland (CR) 2022 0 0
All farm types Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) 2022 8,894,993 1,341
All farm types Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) 2022 17,805,501 2,581
All farm types Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) 2022 29,817,013 6,137
All farm types Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2022 29,092,524 9,410
All farm types Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2022 5,186,371 2,555
All farm types IJsselmeerpolders (LG) 2022 11,551,957 2,148
All farm types Westelijk Holland (LG) 2022 10,499,076 4,559
All farm types Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) 2022 3,035,510 710
All farm types Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) 2022 8,613,958 2,417
All farm types Rivierengebied (LG) 2022 7,449,704 2,675
All farm types Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) 2022 19,557,914 4,276
All farm types Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) 2022 3,336,327 1,297
All farm types Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2022 22,819,851 8,709
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (LG) 2022 2,776,222 864
All farm types De Marne (LB) 2022 0 0
All farm types Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) 2022 738,614 129
All farm types Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) 2022 5,605,765 731
All farm types Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) 2022 3,517,727 523
All farm types Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) 2022 2,604,607 564
All farm types Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) 2022 3,525,761 480
All farm types Noordelijk Friesland (LB) 2022 5,369,232 861
All farm types Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) 2022 8,269,438 1,456
All farm types De Wouden (LB) 2022 8,461,669 1,618
All farm types Eilanden (LB) 2022 378,423 73
All farm types Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) 2022 952,342 160
All farm types Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) 2022 3,392,297 539
All farm types Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) 2022 2,717,321 633
All farm types Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) 2022 2,383,712 491
All farm types Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) 2022 5,289,713 788
All farm types Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) 2022 5,694,599 1,504
All farm types Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) 2022 3,133,812 851
All farm types Twente (LB) 2022 7,479,100 2,861
All farm types Salland (LB) 2022 3,220,290 1,062
All farm types Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) 2022 3,660,020 796
All farm types Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) 2022 5,155,807 809
All farm types Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) 2022 1,872,718 697
All farm types IJsselstreek (LB) 2022 1,390,624 383
All farm types Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) 2022 2,538,824 753
All farm types Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) 2022 411,320 170
All farm types Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) 2022 3,877,287 1,336
All farm types Bommelerwaard (LB) 2022 805,849 354
All farm types Westelijke Veluwe (LB) 2022 2,617,185 1,577
All farm types Achterhoek (LB) 2022 8,946,160 3,009
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on land use, arable farming, horticulture, grassland, grazing livestock and housed animals, at regional level, by general farm type.

The figures in this table are derived from the agricultural census. Data collection for the agricultural census is part of a combined data collection for a.o. agricultural policy use and enforcement of the manure law.

Regional breakdown is based on the main location of the holding. Due to this the region where activities (crops, animals) are allocated may differ from the location where these activities actually occur.

The agricultural census is also used as the basis for the European Farm Structure Survey (FSS). Data from the agricultural census do not fully coincide with the FSS. In the FSS years (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010) additional information was collected to meet the requirements of the FSS.

Reference date for livestock is 1 April and for crops 15 May.

In 2022, equidae are not part of the Agricultural Census. This affects the farm type and the total number of farms in the Agricultural Census. Farms with horses, ponies and donkeys that were previously classified as ‘specialist grazing livestock' could be classified, according to their dominant activity, as another farm type in 2022.

From 2020 onwards, the SO2017, based on the years 2015 to 2019, will apply (see also the explanation for SO: Standard Output).

From 2018 onwards the number of calves for fattening, pigs for fattening, chicken and turkey are adjusted in the case of temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
The agricultural census is a structural survey, in which adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle is a.o. relevant for the calculation of the economic size of the holding, and its farm type.
In the livestock surveys the number of animals on the reference day is relevant, therefore no adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle are made.
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the livestock tables (see ‘links to relevant tables and relevant articles).

From 2017 onwards, animal numbers are increasingly derived from I&R registers (Identification and Registration of animals), instead of by means of the combined data collection. The I&R registers are the responsibility of RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency). Since 2017, cattle numbers are derived from I&R cattle, and from 2018 sheep, goats and poultry are also derived from the relevant I&R registers. The registration of cattle, sheep and goats takes place directly at RVO. Poultry data is collected via the designated database Poultry Information System Poultry (KIP) from Avined. Avined is a branch organization for the egg and poultry meat sectors. Avined passes the data on to the central database of RVO. Due to the transition to the use of I&R registers, a change in classification will occur for sheep and goats from 2018 onwards.

Since 2016, information of the Dutch Business Register is used to define the agricultural census. Registration in the Business Register with an agricultural standard industrial classification code (SIC), related to NACE/ISIC, (in Dutch SBI: ‘Standaard BedrijfsIndeling’) is leading to determine whether there is an agricultural holding. This aligns the agricultural census as closely as possible to the statistical regulations of Eurostat and the (Dutch) implementation of the definition of 'active farmer' as described in the common agricultural policy.

The definition of the agricultural census based on information from the Dutch Business Register mainly affects the number of holdings, a clear deviation of the trend occurs. The impact on areas (except for other land and rough grazing) and the number of animals (except for sheep, horses and ponies) is limited. This is mainly due to the holdings that are excluded as a result of the new delimitation of agricultural holdings (such as equestrian centres, city farms and organisations in nature management).

In 2011 there were changes in geographic assignment of holdings with a foreign main seat. This may influence regional figures, mainly in border regions.

Until 2010 the economic size of agricultural holdings was expressed in Dutch size units (in Dutch NGE: 'Nederlandse Grootte Eenheid'). From 2010 onwards this has become Standard Output (SO). This means that the threshold for holdings in the agricultural census has changed from 3 NGE to 3000 euro SO. For comparable time series the figures for 2000 up to and including 2009 have been recalculated, based on SO coefficients and SO typology. The latest update took place in 2016.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: the figures are definite.

Changes as of March 17, 2023: the final figures for 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
According to regular planning provisional figures are published in November and the definite figures will follow in March of the following year.

Description topics

Land use
Area
Utilised agricultural area (UAA)
Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Utilised agricultural area (UAA)
Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.