Livestock manure; production, transport and use, key figures
| Manure and nutrients | Periods | Nitrogen losses in housing and storages Total nitrogen losses (N) (million kg) | Nitrogen losses in housing and storages Ammonia emissions (N) (million kg) | Nitrogen losses in housing and storages Other gaseous nitrogen losses (N) (million kg) | Nitrogen losses in housing and storages Effluent air scrubbers (N) (million kg) | Stored manure and manure during grazing (million kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total manure types | 2024 | 74,419 | ||||
| Nitrogen (N) | 2024 | 58 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 390 |
| Phosphate (P205) | 2024 | 147 | ||||
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table explanation
This table comprises information about livestock manure production and production of nitrogen and phosphate in manure. It also includes data on excreted nitrogen that evaporates as ammonia and other nitrogen compounds or is removed as rinsing water from air scrubbers. The use of nitrogen and phosphate in agricultural holdings is calculated from the manure production and the difference between supply and removal of manure. The use of manure is related to the available spreading area based on fertilising standards.
Data available from: 1950.
Status of the figures:
Final figures;
New insights in calculation methodologies can lead to recalculation of the time series.
Changes as of 26 June 2025:
Final data on manure production in 2024 have been added. The calculation of the application area for livestock manure in 2019 is based on new data from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.
When will new figures be published?
Final figures on manure transport and manure use in 2024 and preliminary figures on manure production in 2025 will be released in the first quarter of 2026.
Description topics
- Nitrogen losses in housing and storages
- Emissions of ammonia (NH3), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen oxide (NO) and nitrogen gas (N2) expressed as nitrogen (N) from livestock buildings and manure storages, including nitrogen removal with effluent from air scrubbers.
- Total nitrogen losses (N)
- Ammonia emissions (N)
- Emission of ammonia from livestock buildings and manure storages to ambient air, expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Other gaseous nitrogen losses (N)
- Gaseous losses of other nitrogen compounds (N2O, NO, N2), expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Effluent air scrubbers (N)
- Ammonia removed with effluent from air scrubbers, expressed as nitrogen (N).
- Stored manure and manure during grazing
- In case of manure (feces en urine) and phosphate equal to total excretion. In case of nitrogen (N), the amount of nitrogen excreted with subtraction of nitrogen losses in the form of ammonia (NH3) including removal with effluent from air scrubbers, nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen oxide (NO) en nitrogen gas (N2).