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Number of livestock in spring of 2020

Published 20.4.2021
  • The number of cattle at start of May 2020 was 846,400, which is one percent less than a year ago.
  • The number of dairy cows was 259,600. The number of dairy cows decreased by one percent during a year.
  • The number of pigs increased from the previous year to about 1.09 million pigs.
  • The poultry included altogether 13.6 million animals. There were 3.8 million laying hens, 8.5 million broilers and 1.3 million other poultry.
  • The number of sheep decreased and there were about 140.000 sheep.

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