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Compare Your Dairy Farm vs other European Dairy Farms

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EU-27: Dairy Farm Structure

This page summarizes the structure of Dairy Farms, with particular reference to the number of dairy cows, the number of farms, the average size of available farmland and other relevant information.

Data is available on all the regions of individual EU countries; by filling out the form in the yellow box it is possible to compare one’s own Dairy Farm with other European Dairy Farms.

Compare Your Dairy Farm vs other European Dairy Farms

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Utilised Agricultural Area in hectares
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EU-27 - Summary 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Milk delivered (‘000 Tons) 127.902 133.342 136.802 138.116 140.556 141.850 142.566 144.903 144.486 144.587
% change from previous year +4,3% +2,6% +1,0% +1,8% +0,9% +0,5% +1,6% -0,3% +0,1%
Average farmgate milk price (€ / 100 Kg) 18,99 37,05 30,32 28,50 35,14 34,24 34,76 34,10 36,74 50,10
% change from previous year +95,1% -18,1% -6,0% +23,3% -2,5% +1,5% -1,9% +7,7% +36,4%
Milk produced (‘000 Tonnes) 123.994 144.781 147.377 148.539 149.884 151.273 152.560 154.153 153.988
% change from previous year +16,8% +1,8% +0,8% +0,9% +0,9% +0,9% +1,0% -0,1%
Nr. of dairy cows ('000) 18.999 21.683 21.675 21.626 21.408 21.027 20.760 20.514 20.196
% change from previous year +14,1% -0,0% -0,2% -1,0% -1,8% -1,3% -1,2% -1,6%
Estimated average production (quintals per cow) 65,3 66,8 68,0 68,7 70,0 71,9 73,5 75,1 76,2
% change from previous year +2,3% +1,8% +1,0% +1,9% +2,8% +2,2% +2,3% +1,5%
Nr. of dairy farms 1.457.320 1.185.970
% change from previous census -18,6%
Source:
Milk delivered:
Nr. of dairy cows: Eurostat (dataset: agr_r_animal)
Milk produced: Eurostat (dataset: agr_r_milkpr)
Nr. of dairy farms: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)

The average farmgate milk price is obtained by weighing, for each della UE-27, the average farmgate milk price (source: MMO) against the quantities of milk delivered (source: Eurostat)
The average production per cow is obtained by dividing the tonnes of milk produced by the number of dairy cows





Size
(ha)
Year
0
< 2
2 - 4,9
5 - 9,9
10 - 19,9
20 - 29,9
30 - 49,9
50 - 99,9
> 100
Central Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Baltic and Nordic countries
2016 2016 2016 2016
55 6 62 77
8 2 7 1
6 2 11 2
8 3 17 2
15 8 27 4
27 14 44 7
44 21 53 14
65 30 73 32
108 160 127 121
AVERAGE ± su 2013
2016 2016
14 +7,8%
2 +18,6%
2 +15,8%
4 +19,8%
11 +15,6%
21 +11,3%
36 +9,1%
58 +13,8%
117 +18,2%
Source: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)

The agricultural areas depicted in the graph represent at least 70% of the milk produced in the in UE-27

Size
(ha)
Year
0
< 2
2 - 4,9
5 - 9,9
10 - 19,9
20 - 29,9
30 - 49,9
50 - 99,9
> 100
All
Central Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Baltic and Nordic countries
2016 2016 2016 2016
840 11.060 1.020 210
550 230.920 3.570 4.110
3.460 229.270 9.750 17.030
8.730 151.010 13.650 18.800
23.640 101.860 18.670 17.250
21.580 34.270 10.780 7.530
43.270 22.450 11.150 7.590
66.530 11.760 7.990 8.800
45.720 6.720 5.000 9.430
214.320 799.320 81.580 90.750
TOTAL ± su 2013
2016 2016
13.130 +6,3%
239.150 -23,1%
259.510 -24,0%
192.190 -18,8%
161.420 -16,9%
74.160 -15,6%
84.460 -12,4%
95.080 -10,6%
66.870 -5,2%
1.185.970 -18,6%
Source: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)
Size
(ha)
Year
0
< 2
2 - 4,9
5 - 9,9
10 - 19,9
20 - 29,9
30 - 49,9
50 - 99,9
> 100
All
Central Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Baltic and Nordic countries
2016 2016 2016 2016
46.510 62.470 63.610 16.170
4.260 401.560 25.900 5.670
20.690 453.960 105.210 26.070
67.410 503.050 234.190 41.650
356.700 786.580 511.110 62.920
572.100 496.510 469.390 52.850
1.893.400 475.840 591.000 105.800
4.340.690 353.640 587.120 278.790
4.938.510 1.075.780 634.560 1.143.150
12.240.270 4.609.390 3.222.090 1.733.070
TOTAL ± su 2013
2016 2016
188.760 +14,6%
437.390 -8,8%
605.930 -12,0%
846.300 -2,8%
1.717.310 -4,0%
1.590.850 -6,1%
3.066.040 -4,5%
5.560.240 +1,8%
7.792.000 +12,1%
21.804.820 +2,3%
Source: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)
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