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Number of livestock in spring of 2013

Published 17.12.2013
  • The number of pigs, poultry and sheep grew from last year. The number of horses on the farms dropped slightly.
  • The poultry included altogether 12 million animals on 1,200 farms. There were 3.4 million laying hens and 6.9 million broilers.
  • The number of pigs increased from the previous year to about 1.3 million pigs. The number of sows decreased by 6% from previous year.
  • There were about 135.000 sheep on 1,430 farms.

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