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 . . 498,442 92 4,169
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . 11,489 3 442
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . 113,865 30 1,727
West-Nederland (LD) . . 11,243 7 367
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . 361,845 52 1,633
Groningen (PV) . . 853 1 130
Fryslân (PV) . . 0 0 127
Drenthe (PV) . . 10,636 2 185
Overijssel (PV) . . 490 2 638
Flevoland (PV) . . 8 1 80
Gelderland (PV) . . 113,367 27 1,009
Utrecht (PV) . . 0 0 193
Noord-Holland (PV) . . 3,743 6 41
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . 0 0 71
Zeeland (PV) . . 7,500 1 62
Noord-Brabant (PV) . . 233,375 38 1,235
Limburg (PV) . . 128,470 14 398
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 44
Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) . . 0 0 202
Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) . . 853 1 249
Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 11,268 6 1,012
Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 0 0 570
IJsselmeerpolders (LG) . . 3,643 2 93
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . 92 2 55
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . 16 3 5
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . 0 0 99
Rivierengebied (LG) . . 113,225 25 174
Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) . . 12,773 2 100
Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) . . 15,861 2 66
Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) . . 340,711 49 1,480
Zuid-Limburg (LG) . . 0 0 20
De Marne (LB) 0 0 0 0 0
Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) . . 0 0 4
Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) . . 0 0 56
Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) . . 0 0 39
Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) . . 853 1 21
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . 0 0 10
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . 0 0 34
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . 0 0 28
De Wouden (LB) . . 0 0 63
Eilanden (LB) . . 0 0 2
Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) . . 0 0 10
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . 0 0 52
Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) . . 0 0 40
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . 10,636 2 28
Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) . . 0 0 55
Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) . . 0 0 81
Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) . . 0 0 118
Twente (LB) . . 490 2 323
Salland (LB) . . 0 0 116
Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) . . 0 0 29
Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) . . 8 1 51
Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) . . 0 0 52
IJsselstreek (LB) . . 0 0 29
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . 142 2 74
Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) . . 0 0 7
Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) . . 2 1 66
Bommelerwaard (LB) . . 113,223 24 15
Westelijke Veluwe (LB) . . 0 0 442
Achterhoek (LB) . . 0 0 324
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 2025 figures are provisional; the other figures are final.

Changes as of November 28, 2025: the provisional 2025 figures 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
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