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In 2022, the size of the Dutch cattle population has remained virtually unchanged relative to last year, standing at 3.8 million head.

On 1 April 2019, the national bovine herd of the Netherlands stood at nearly 3.8 million.

Livestock cattle, position of dairy cattle and cattle for fattening according to Agricultural Census and Earmark registration

In 2021, total nitrogen output from animal manure amounted to 474 million kg, nearly 16 million kg less than in 2020 and over 6 percent below the nitrogen oxides emission ceiling. Phosphorus output...

In 2021, the pig herd in the Netherlands was slightly reduced year-on-year to almost 11.4 million.

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

The number of goats in the Netherlands has increased this year.

Livestock on agricultural holdings with a Standard Ouptut >= 3000 euro, grazing livestock and housed animals at 1 April and 1 December

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

Output and value added in Dutch agriculture have increased in recent years, while the surplus of nitrogen and phosphorus has decreased.

Agricultural income per annual work unit has declined in 2018; by nearly 11 percent relative to 2017.

In 2019, nitrogen excretion in animal manure decreased by 2.6 percent on the previous year, to 490 million kg. This is below the nitrogen oxides emission ceiling that has been imposed on Dutch...

Agricultural census; crops, livestock, land use and corresponding number of holdings by general farm type and region

Manure production, nitrogen and phosphate in manure, nitrogen losses Manure processing, manure exports and manure use

In the first four months of this year, 357 thousand head of cattle were imported into the Netherlands, a 15 percent increase relative to the first four months of 2007. Last year, cattle imports rose...

The number of pig-producing farms has decreased by 12.0 percent from over 4 thousand in 2019 to 3.6 thousand in 2020.

Since 1995, the volume of Dutch agricultural production has grown by 20 percent. Nevertheless, there was no increase in the agricultural consumption of environmentally harmful substances such as...

The provisional results of the 2012 Agricultural census show that the number of grazing dairy cattle has declined considerably from 90 percent in 2001 to 70 percent in 2011.

Agricultural census; number of persons, annual work units and corresponding number of holdings by region

On 1 April 2018, there were nearly 4 million head of cattle in the Netherlands, a decline of over 178 thousand (4 percent) on one year previously.

In 2022, the Netherlands exported 122.3 billion euros worth of agricultural goods. This is over 17 percent more than in 2021. The increase in the value of agricultural exports comes from higher...

Organic farming has grown in the past ten years.