Germany: Sheep population in Bavaria 2022 down compared to the previous year

02/24/2023 | 11:57:00 | ID: 35581 | Department: Agriculture | animal Fýrth (agrar-PR) - According to the final results of the survey on sheep stocks carried out by the Bavarian State Office for Statistics on November 3, 2022, the number of animals fell to around 254,300, which corresponds to a decrease of 1.9 percent compared to the previous year around 2,000 sheep-keeping farms are listed. Each farm will have an average of 127 sheep in 2022, seven more than in the previous year. As reported by the Bavarian State Office for Statistics, according to the final results of the survey of sheep stocks as of November 3, 2022, the number of sheep in Bavaria is as follows to 254,300 animals, which is 4,800 (-1.9 percent) fewer than in the previous year. The vast majority of these are female sheep for breeding (180,400 animals) and lambs and young sheep under one year old (66,000 animals). More than half (-2,800 animals) of the decline in the total number of sheep is accounted for by female ...