Livestock husbandry, 1 January 2011, preliminary figures

As per 1 January 2011, a total of 857 200 cattle were registered; a decrease of 2 per cent from the year before. The number of holdings with dairy cows dropped by 700 to 11 000¹. The number of holdings with beef cows remained at 5 000.

Fewer livestock producers

From 2010 to 2011, the number of livestock producers fell by 4 per cent to a total of 31 100. The number of holdings with dairy goats dropped by 7 per cent, while the decline in the number of holdings with pigs was 5 per cent.

In the beginning of 2011, 14 600 holdings kept sheep; a decline of 1 per cent from the year before. About 1 900 holdings kept laying hens, while 600 had broilers. The number of holdings with laying hens dropped by 3 per cent from 2010 to 2011, while the decline in the number of broilers was 2 per cent in the same period.

Tables:

• Table 1 Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds as per 1 January. County
• Table 2 Cattle and sheep. No of heads as per 1 January. County
• Table 3 Various domestic animals. No of heads as per 1 January. County
• Table 4 Holdings with various kinds of domestic animals, by size of herd. As per 1 January