Germany: In November 2024, almost four percent fewer cattle were kept in North Rhine-Westphalia than a year earlier

12/18/2024 | 09:30:00 | ID: 40507 | Department: Agriculture | Animal Düsseldorf (agrar-PR) - This downward trend is also reflected in the number of cattle farms, which have fallen by two percent within a year and by almost 17 percent since 2014. On November 3, 2024, around 1.2 million cattle lived in 15,262 farms in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia, this was 3.8 percent or 47,689 animals fewer than a year earlier. Compared to 2014, the cattle population has fallen by 17.0 percent or 248,331 animals. This downward trend is also reflected in the number of cattle farms; this has decreased by 2.0 percent (−310 holdings) in one year or by 16.7 percent (−3,051 holdings) since 2014.In November of this year, a total of 403,529 calves and young cattle, 321,905 cattle over one year old and under two years old, and 489,677 cattle aged at least two years were kept in NRW. Dairy cows made up the majority of the cattle population aged at ...