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

The number of sheep in the Netherlands fell by 61 thousand (-8.4 percent) in 2023 compared to the previous year

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

At 1.57 million, the national dairy cattle herd remained virtually unchanged in 2022. This is 7 percent less than five years earlier.

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

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

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

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

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

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.