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

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

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

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

The Dutch dairy goat herd keeps growing. As of this year, the herd size stands at 476 thousand, i.e. 4 percent more than last year.

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

Over the period 1950-2015, the production value of Dutch agriculture increased more than tenfold.

In spite of the increase in the population, the amount of tap water used by Dutch households hardly changed in the period 1990-2009.