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Number of cattle and pigs 1 December 2016

Published 15.2.2017
  • The number of cattle at start of December was 887,250.  The number of dairy cows was 275,375.
  • The number of suckler cows increased, whereas that cows, heifers, bulls and calves decreased.
  • The number of pigs decreased from the previous year to about 1.2 million pigs.
  • The number of sows decreased by 7% from previous year.

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