EU: Number of dairy cows decreased slightly in 2022

Published 2023년 2월 24일

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The article highlights the preliminary results of the livestock census for November and December 2022, revealing a slowdown in the reduction of the dairy cow population in the European Union. Despite a total of 20.09 million dairy cows in the EU, which is a 0.6% decrease from the previous year, the rate of decline is lower than in previous years. France and Croatia experienced the most significant reductions, while ten member states, including Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, and Austria, reported an increase in dairy cow herds. However, analysts warn that if dairy producer prices fall further in 2023, there may be more stock reductions and cow slaughters.

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Historically high milk producer prices slowed down the reduction of the dairy cow population in the European Union last year. The decline in the dairy herd in the EU has slowed down. This is shown by the preliminary results of the livestock census for November and December 2022. According to the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), a total of 20.09 million dairy cows were reared in the Member States at that time; this, by 124,670, or 0.6 percent. less than a year earlier. Between 2019 and 2021, the annual rate of decline was more than double what it is today, averaging 300,000 animals, or 1.4 percent. Significant decline in France France was partly responsible for the further decline in the EU dairy herd. There, the herd decreased by 91,170, or 2.7 percent, to 3.23 million head compared to 2021. Most dairy cows were raised in Germany with 3.81 million animals; is 23 thousand, or 0.6 percent. less than in November 2021. In each of the two previous years, producers ...

Source: Farmer.pl