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

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Regions Land use Area Land use, total (are) Land use Number of farms Land use, total (number) Horticulture, other Area, amount Mushrooms Substrate use mushrooms (tonnes) Horticulture, other Number of farms Mushrooms Substrate use mushrooms (number) Housed animals Number of farms Housed animals, total (number)
Nederland . . 493,942 90 4,119
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . 11,489 3 429
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . 112,268 30 1,712
West-Nederland (LD) . . 11,240 6 365
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . 358,945 51 1,613
Groningen (PV) . . 853 1 128
Fryslân (PV) . . 0 0 121
Drenthe (PV) . . 10,636 2 180
Overijssel (PV) . . 490 2 632
Flevoland (PV) . . 8 1 80
Gelderland (PV) . . 111,770 27 1,000
Utrecht (PV) . . 0 0 190
Noord-Holland (PV) . . 3,740 5 41
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . 0 0 73
Zeeland (PV) . . 7,500 1 61
Noord-Brabant (PV) . . 230,475 37 1,220
Limburg (PV) . . 128,470 14 393
Oost-Groningen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Overig Groningen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Noord-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Noord-Drenthe (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Noord-Overijssel (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Twente (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Veluwe (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Achterhoek (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Utrecht (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
IJmond (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zaanstreek (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Delft en Westland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Overig Zeeland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Noord-Limburg (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Midden-Limburg (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Zuid-Limburg (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Flevoland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0
Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) . . 0 0 42
Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) . . 0 0 198
Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) . . 853 1 244
Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 11,268 6 999
Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 3 1 566
IJsselmeerpolders (LG) . . 3,643 2 93
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . 92 2 56
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . 13 2 5
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . 0 0 98
Rivierengebied (LG) . . 111,625 24 173
Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) . . 12,773 2 99
Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) . . 15,861 2 65
Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 337,811 48 1,462
Zuid-Limburg (LG) . . 0 0 19
De Marne (LB) 0 0 0 0 0
Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) . . 0 0 4
Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) . . 0 0 55
Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) . . 0 0 38
Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) . . 853 1 21
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . 0 0 10
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . 0 0 32
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . 0 0 28
De Wouden (LB) . . 0 0 59
Eilanden (LB) . . 0 0 2
Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) . . 0 0 10
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . 0 0 50
Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) . . 0 0 39
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . 10,636 2 26
Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) . . 0 0 55
Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) . . 0 0 81
Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) . . 0 0 119
Twente (LB) . . 490 2 316
Salland (LB) . . 0 0 116
Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) . . 0 0 29
Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) . . 8 1 51
Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) . . 0 0 51
IJsselstreek (LB) . . 0 0 28
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . 142 2 74
Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) . . 0 0 8
Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) . . 2 1 65
Bommelerwaard (LB) . . 111,623 23 15
Westelijke Veluwe (LB) . . 3 1 439
Achterhoek (LB) . . 0 0 320
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: The figures are final.

Changes as of March 30, 2026: The 2025 figures have been updated and are now final.

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
Land use, total
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).
Land use, total
Horticulture, other
Refers to cultivation that does not require land use (mushrooms, bulb forcing, Belgian endive cultivation).
Area, amount
Mushrooms
Substrate use mushrooms
Edible mushrooms, for example oyster mushrooms, shiitake.
_
From 2011 includes champignons (agaricus bisporus).
_
Substrate use is given (e.g. straw or saw dust), not production.
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).
Mushrooms
Substrate use mushrooms
Edible mushrooms, for example oyster mushrooms, shiitake.
_
From 2011 includes champignons (agaricus bisporus).
Housed animals
Includes pigs, poultry, rabbits and furred animals.
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In the case of poultry, rabbits and furred animals groups of fewer than 25 animals are not included, in order to separate animals kept commercially from those kept as a hobby.
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).
Housed animals, total