Sweden: The number of dairy farms halved every 10 years

Published Feb 17, 2023

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The number of dairy farms in Sweden has been rapidly decreasing, dropping by 93 out of 100 since 1982, leaving only 2,795 in 2022. Despite this, the number of dairy cows and the milk yield per cow have increased, with the average number of cows per farm growing from 16 to 106, and milk yield per cow rising from 5,000 kg to 9,000 kg per year. However, the total amount of milk produced has seen a 21% decrease from 3.53 million tons in 1982 to 2.78 million tons in 2021, despite the higher yield per cow. This trend was particularly noticeable in the 1990s, but productivity per cow has recently started to increase at a faster rate.

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Fewer dairy farms According to him, the number of farms with dairy cows has been halving every decade, with a slight slowdown over the last decade. In 1982, there were 40,600 dairy farms in Sweden. 30 years ago it was 21,400, 20 years ago it was 11,300, and ten years ago it was around 5,000. In 2019, there were almost 2,800 farms with dairy cows. According to Jordbruksverket, since 1982, 93 out of 100 dairy farms have given up this production. Over the past five years, the number of farms with dairy cows has fallen by 819 from 3,614 in 2017 to 2,795 in 2022. The number of dairy cows has also decreased, but not as much While in 1982 there were around 665,000 dairy cows across the country, in 2022 there were around 297,000, a 55% decrease. The number of dairy cows per farm increased from an average of just 16 in 1982 to an average of 106 last year. This means that the average number of dairy cows per farm has increased on average by almost seven times. The amount of milk decreased ...

Source: Farmer.pl