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The share of grazing cattle increased again last year, with 71 percent of the dairy herd grazing outdoors against 65 percent in 2016.

In June 2022, Dutch consumers paid on average over 11 percent more for food products than one year previously.

The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.

Import, export value and trade balance of goods; SITC (3 digits) and countries.

Determining Dutch emissions to the air, both greenhouse gases and air pollutants, broken down into stationary and mobile sources, and in accordance with international regulations.

Cultivation of protein crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soybeans has decreased this year.

The number of dairy cows has grown marginally in 2014 and more milk was delivered to dairy factories. This trend was even more noticeable in 2013. The total number of pigs again remained stable...

Wholesale traders in dairy products like cheese, milk and eggs generated in excess of 12 billion euros, i.e. 7 percent more than in 2012. The most important export products are cheese and powdered...

The consumer price index (CPI) was 10.3 percent higher in July than in the same month last year.

In 2021, renewable energy accounted for 12 percent of total energy consumption in the Netherlands.

Since the introduction of milk quota regime in 1983, the Dutch dairy stock was reduced by 1.1 million (42 percent) to just under 1.5 million cattle.

Farmers whose partner also works on the farm have larger farms than single farmers or farmers who run their farm without the help of their partner.

In 2007, there were more than 600 farms in the Netherlands where people in need of help and care can find a suitable way to spend the day or participate in farming activities. The number of care...

In 2008, more than 11 thousand farm successors were ready to take over an agricultural or horticultural holding; 8.5 percent of them were women, as against 6.8 percent in 2000.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 8.6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).

The number of agricultural and horticultural businesses was reduced further to 68.5 thousand between 1 April 2011 and 1 April 2012. Nearly 5 businesses are discontinued every day. There is a trend...

Last year, 2 percent of corn, bulbs and turnips in the Netherlands were grown on organic farms. Organic crop yields are (much) lower than traditionally grown crop yields.