Fewer pigs, cattle stable, and dairy goats growth spurt stopped in the Netherlands

Published 2021년 9월 29일

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The 2021 Agricultural Census by Statistics Netherlands reveals significant changes in the Dutch farming sector. The average number of pigs per farm has doubled to 3,400, with the largest farms in Limburg and North Brabant housing 5,300 and 4,800 pigs respectively. Despite this, the overall pig population decreased by 4% to nearly 11.4 million. The cattle herd remained stable, but the number of dairy goats rose by 1% to 482,000, predominantly in North Brabant and Gelderland. The chicken stock also saw a 2% decrease, driven by a reduction in broilers. The average dairy cow farm in the Netherlands now occupies nearly half of the total agricultural land, with an increase in the number of dairy cows and cultivated land per farm over the past decade.

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The average number of pigs per farm almost doubled from 1,900 in 2011 to 3,400 in 2021. The largest farms are located in Limburg and North Brabant with an average of 5,300 and 4,800 pigs respectively. The provisional figures are from the 2021 Agricultural Census published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The number of pigs in the Netherlands shrank by 4 percent in 2021 to nearly 11.4 million pigs compared to 2020. The recent decline in the number of pigs and pig farms is partly the result of the Ammonia Livestock Farming Action Plan and the Pig Farm Remediation Subsidy Scheme. The cattle herd remained virtually unchanged at 3.8 million. The number of dairy goats rose slightly in one year to 482,000, the number of sheep fell to 848,000. The size of the chicken stock decreased to almost 100 million animals. The number of dairy goats has increased almost fivefold in the last two decades. In 2021 there were 482 thousand dairy goats in the Netherlands, more than 1 percent more than the ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst