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 Arable land Area Arable land, total (are) Arable land Area Vegetables, arable (are) Arable land Area Other arable crops (are) Arable land Number of farms Arable land, total (number) Arable land Number of farms Vegetables, arable (number) Arable land Number of farms Other arable crops (number)
All farm types Nederland 2023* 55,113,618 6,566,893 1,585,191 22,683 5,589 9,125
All farm types Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023* 17,063,033 1,103,320 480,928 3,961 853 1,858
All farm types Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023* 10,871,172 1,952,172 263,797 6,697 1,444 2,604
All farm types West-Nederland (LD) 2023* 15,342,987 1,710,409 406,198 4,795 1,524 2,116
All farm types Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023* 11,836,426 1,800,992 434,268 7,230 1,768 2,547
All farm types Groningen (PV) 2023* 8,599,163 532,079 184,520 1,522 408 742
All farm types Fryslân (PV) 2023* 2,318,250 189,787 82,460 981 181 347
All farm types Drenthe (PV) 2023* 6,145,620 381,454 213,948 1,458 264 769
All farm types Overijssel (PV) 2023* 1,986,455 110,425 55,147 2,177 134 751
All farm types Flevoland (PV) 2023* 6,112,683 1,698,262 75,416 1,321 1,087 487
All farm types Gelderland (PV) 2023* 2,772,034 143,485 133,234 3,199 223 1,366
All farm types Utrecht (PV) 2023* 180,208 1,595 27,632 389 16 193
All farm types Noord-Holland (PV) 2023* 3,072,304 334,805 106,410 1,182 297 463
All farm types Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023* 3,548,928 545,867 94,012 1,038 438 517
All farm types Zeeland (PV) 2023* 8,541,547 828,142 178,144 2,186 773 943
All farm types Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023* 7,812,971 1,271,330 281,623 5,118 1,272 1,849
All farm types Limburg (PV) 2023* 4,023,455 529,662 152,645 2,112 496 698
All farm types Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Overig Groningen (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Twente (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Veluwe (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Achterhoek (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Utrecht (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types IJmond (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zaanstreek (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Delft en Westland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Flevoland (CR) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) 2023* 3,790,522 333,189 93,782 722 264 324
All farm types Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) 2023* 10,972,923 612,674 316,560 1,897 444 1,050
All farm types Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) 2023* 1,874,480 138,371 64,222 1,380 135 434
All farm types Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023* 4,186,710 198,753 124,651 4,192 257 1,662
All farm types Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023* 355,252 43,102 40,376 658 59 340
All farm types IJsselmeerpolders (LG) 2023* 7,536,462 1,867,887 106,024 1,715 1,232 650
All farm types Westelijk Holland (LG) 2023* 1,878,184 192,127 84,069 931 192 319
All farm types Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) 2023* 279,078 21,518 5,949 146 27 51
All farm types Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) 2023* 140,057 3,282 15,259 274 11 96
All farm types Rivierengebied (LG) 2023* 926,479 43,682 53,056 885 80 371
All farm types Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) 2023* 13,593,128 1,671,304 321,398 3,332 1,421 1,663
All farm types Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) 2023* 1,023,459 220,057 35,130 681 221 258
All farm types Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023* 7,260,963 1,181,454 306,084 5,264 1,200 1,754
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (LG) 2023* 1,295,921 39,493 18,631 606 46 153
All farm types De Marne (LB) 2023* 0 0 0 0 0 0
All farm types Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) 2023* 87,167 2 8,829 54 1 20
All farm types Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) 2023* 3,438,302 183,412 80,995 543 137 273
All farm types Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) 2023* 2,638,495 135,289 54,781 446 111 256
All farm types Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) 2023* 325,971 13,407 5,848 157 18 44
All farm types Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) 2023* 2,109,228 199,969 34,067 322 141 149
All farm types Noordelijk Friesland (LB) 2023* 1,681,294 133,220 59,715 400 123 175
All farm types Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) 2023* 333,044 34,019 8,408 273 40 68
All farm types De Wouden (LB) 2023* 303,632 22,548 14,337 303 18 104
All farm types Eilanden (LB) 2023* 280 0 0 5 0 0
All farm types Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) 2023* 258,260 14,247 10,424 79 10 43
All farm types Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) 2023* 1,372,031 116,066 46,766 341 77 184
All farm types Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023* 276,598 18,790 9,647 211 13 83
All farm types Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023* 714,636 54,444 13,093 260 45 122
All farm types Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) 2023* 3,524,095 177,907 134,018 567 119 337
All farm types Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) 2023* 289,528 35,358 6,729 298 35 72
All farm types Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) 2023* 774,066 42,959 12,947 363 40 134
All farm types Twente (LB) 2023* 600,328 16,854 28,559 1,108 33 394
All farm types Salland (LB) 2023* 322,533 15,254 6,912 408 26 151
All farm types Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) 2023* 2,727,479 754,898 27,141 683 578 178
All farm types Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) 2023* 3,385,204 943,364 48,275 638 509 309
All farm types Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023* 101,364 10,140 13,636 179 19 86
All farm types IJsselstreek (LB) 2023* 107,979 350 8,903 157 1 86
All farm types Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) 2023* 475,150 34,399 13,539 385 52 156
All farm types Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) 2023* 94,554 961 2,548 50 4 17
All farm types Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) 2023* 508,205 24,875 26,757 432 41 164
All farm types Bommelerwaard (LB) 2023* 63,437 5,489 4,056 87 9 35
All farm types Westelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023* 229,327 32,778 23,097 398 37 203
All farm types Achterhoek (LB) 2023* 1,192,018 34,493 40,698 1,511 60 619
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 for 2023 are provisional, the other figures are final.

Changes as of November 30, 2023: the provisional figures for 2023 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

Arable land
Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually for industrial processing.
Area
Arable land, total
Vegetables, arable
Arable vegetables are grown in the open, in rotation with other
arable crops, and are usually intended for industrial processing.
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops on the same land to avoid build-up of pathogens and depletion of soil nutrients.
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Arable vegetables include: kale, peas (harvested green), celeriac, beetroot, rutabaga, salsify, spinach, French beans, sweet corn, broad beans (harvested green), onions, winter carrots and Belgian endive (roots).
Other arable crops
Includes miscanthus and sod.
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).
Arable land, total
Vegetables, arable
Arable vegetables are grown in the open, in rotation with other
arable crops, and are usually intended for industrial processing.
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops on the same land to avoid build-up of pathogens and depletion of soil nutrients.
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Arable vegetables include: kale, peas (harvested green), celeriac, beetroot, rutabaga, salsify, spinach, French beans, sweet corn, broad beans (harvested green), onions, winter carrots and Belgian endive (roots).
Other arable crops
Includes miscanthus and sod.