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Turnover dairy wholesalers exceeds 12 billion euros
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...
Same proportion of dairy cows in the pasture in 2012 as in 2011
Last year, 70 percent of dairy cows were grazed, approximately the same proportion as in 2011. In the period 2001-2011, the proportion declined by a few percent almost every year.
Number of pigs stable, but more dairy cows
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...
Internationalisation Monitor 2021, second quarter
This edition of the Internationalisation Monitor focuses on the environmental aspect of Dutch international trade: how does globalisation contribute to the issues and solutions in the area of...
Growing number of dairy cattle have no access to pasture
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.
Two thirds of the dairy farms has a successor
Nearly two thirds of the dairy farms headed by a farmer aged over 55 have a successor lined up. This means that succession in a dairy farm is twice as popular as succession in an average farm.
Dairy stock in Limburg and Brabant reduced by half
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.
The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020
The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.
Less nitrogen, phosphate in manure due to fewer cattle
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...
More goats but fewer pigs and cattle
The number of goats in the Netherlands has increased this year.
Non-EU exports vital for Friesland and North Brabant
Friesland and North Brabant are the biggest exporters of goods to countries outside the EU.
Machinery exports account for highest earnings
In terms of the gross value added generated through Dutch exports, the highest value added is derived from the export of machinery and machine parts. In 2018, this value added amounted to almost 16...
Agricultural exports hit record level
Agricultural exports amounted to an estimated 94.5 billion euros in 2019. This is 4.6 percent more than in 2018 and the highest level on record.
National cattle herd declining slightly
On 1 April 2019, the national bovine herd of the Netherlands stood at nearly 3.8 million.
Growth in organic livestock farming
The size of the organic farming sector increased again in 2018.
Food prices rise at fastest rate in ten years
Food prices rose by 3.8 percent in May 2019, effectively the fastest rise in food prices over the past decade.
Landbouwexport
De export van landbouwgoederen in 2019 wordt geraamd op 94,5 miljard euro. Dit is 4,6 procent meer dan in 2018 en de hoogste exportwaarde ooit. CBS-onderzoeker Marjolijn Jaarsma vertelt er meer over...
Phosphate output from livestock manure down again
Phosphate production in livestock manure declined further in 2018
CBS experiments with agricultural sensor data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is continuously innovating, also in the field of business data collection. We are permanently on the look-out for new data sources and alternative ways of collecting...