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it is becoming more difficult to maintain this level of well-being. Many elements of Dutch natural capital are showing systemic deterioration, with increasing pressure on plant and animal...

In 2021, the income of the agricultural sector is 1 percent higher than in 2020. This year’s animal output is below the level of 2020, but crop output has increased.

In 2021, the gross yield of seed onions was 11.7 percent higher than in the previous year. The gross yield of ware potatoes declined by 10.7 percent. Sugar beet and wheat crop yields remained...

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

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

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

Livestock pigs, number of piglets, sows and boars in April and December

Exploration of potential sources to collect data about the use of secondary materials at the request of the Dutch environmental assessment agency.

In 2020, the gross seed onion yield declined by 4 percent relative to the previous year. The gross yield of ware potatoes remained virtually unchanged.

Dutch arable farmers achieved a record harvest of the cereal varieties wheat and barley.

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

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...

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.

Last year, 30 percent of all agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands were small-scale businesses.

Over the past two decades, farmers have been increasingly successful in reducing phosphate fertilization, while crop yields remained the same or even improved. The effectiveness of...

The share of women in agriculture fluctuates around one-third of the total number of persons employed in that sector.

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

More than half of agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands generated revenues in 2010 by expanding their range of activities or accepting a job not related to their own...

Non-agricultural activities like agro-tourism, nature conservation and care provision are becoming increasingly popular among farmers and market gardeners.