Livestock size on agricultural holdings: reference dates 1 April and 1 December

This table shows the number of cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, ducks and pigs on Dutch agricultural holdings. The herd size shall be fixed on 1 April and 1 December. There may be a difference between the animal numbers in the agricultural census tables and this livestock table. As of 2018, the number of meat calves, pigs, chickens and turkeys in the Agricultural census shall be adjusted in the case of temporary vacancy at the reference date. The agricultural census is a structural survey, in which an update in case of temporary vacancy is important for the determination of the type of holding and the economic size of the holdings. In the livestock table, the size of herds at the reference date is important, therefore the animal numbers in this livestock table are not adjusted in case of temporary vacancy. Data available from: 1 April 2018. Status of the figures: New figures on herds are first published as ‘provisional’ and, when more and more complete data of the agricultural census become available, adjusted from provisionally to ‘final’. Changes as of 13 May 2022: The final figures of April 2021 and December 2021 have been added. Changes as of 17 February 2022: As a result of a incomplete link of the source stock with poultry data to the population of holdings from the agricultural census, the poultry data at reference date 1 December for the reporting years 2018-2021 were initially calculated too low. These figures have been adjusted after a new link. When are new figures coming? The preliminary figures for April will be published in September. The preliminary figures for December will be published in February of the following year. The final figures for April and December appear in April of the following year.