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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 2021, the total amount of nitrogen excreted by Dutch livestock stood at 471 million kg.

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...

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

The size of the organic farming sector increased again in 2018.

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

Relative to 2021, the total area under organic farming in the Netherlands this year has increased by 3.6 percent to slightly over 80 thousand hectares. This is 59.0 percent more than in 2015.

In 2021, 4.3 percent less fresh surface water and groundwater was abstracted compared to the previous year.

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, Ukraine was the largest supplier of crude sunflower oil and maize to the Netherlands.

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...

In 2020, mains water consumption in the Netherlands was up by more than 2.5 percent on the previous year.

In 2020, the Netherlands exported 1.8 billion euros worth of live animals.

Exports of agricultural goods are estimated to have reached 104.7 billion euros in 2021, setting a new record.

In the period January-August 2021, fresh food exports to the UK declined in value by 193 million euros year-on-year.

Since 2003 there has been an almost constant level of manure production and excretion of nitrogen and phosphate.

Calculation of the level of manure production and minerals excretion by Dutch livestock.

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

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).