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Baltic and Nordic countries: 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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BALTIC AND NORDIC COUNTRIES - Summary 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Milk delivered (‘000 Tons) 12.944 13.371 13.571 13.573 13.620 13.624
% change from previous year +3,3% +1,5% +0,0% +0,3% +0,0%
Average farmgate milk price (€ / 100 Kg) 38,66 38,02 30,33 29,15 35,88 34,51
% change from previous year -1,7% -20,2% -3,9% +23,1% -3,8%
Milk produced (‘000 Tonnes) 10.756 14.008 14.140 14.118 14.079
% change from previous year +30,2% +0,9% -0,2% -0,3%
Nr. of dairy cows ('000) 1.428 1.750 1.743 1.692 1.679
% change from previous year +22,6% -0,4% -2,9% -0,8%
Estimated average production (quintals per cow) 75,3 80,1 81,1 83,4 83,9
% change from previous year +6,3% +1,4% +2,8% +0,5%
Nr. of dairy farms 109.100 89.000
% change from previous census -18,4%
Source:
Milk delivered: Eurostat
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 deiPaesi Baltici e Nordici, 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.




BALTIC AND NORDIC COUNTRIES - Average number of dairy cows per Dairy Farm
Size
(ha)
Year
0
< 2
2 - 4,9
5 - 9,9
10 - 19,9
20 - 29,9
30 - 49,9
50 - 99,9
> 100
Denmark Lithuania Sweden Finland Latvia Estonia
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
297 2 53 14 0 0
0 1 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 4 1 0
166 2 91 7 2 0
96 3 18 11 3 0
35 5 21 16 5 0
39 9 27 23 9 0
81 16 47 38 16 0
222 63 117 75 71 0
AVERAGE ± su 2013
2016 2016
92 +343,1%
1 +3,1%
2 +4,7%
2 +12,9%
4 +3,7%
7 -6,7%
14 -0,4%
32 -1,9%
119 +3,1%
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 nei Paesi Baltici e Nordici

BALTIC AND NORDIC COUNTRIES - Number of dairy farms
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
Denmark Lithuania Sweden Finland Latvia Estonia
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
40 30 20 60 0 0
0 3.100 0 0 970 0
0 14.830 0 20 2.040 0
10 14.470 10 140 3.990 0
60 11.210 50 680 4.950 0
60 4.150 110 980 2.060 0
130 3.120 340 2.020 1.800 0
660 2.670 1.090 2.760 1.400 0
2.210 1.850 2.260 1.420 1.230 0
3.170 55.430 3.880 8.080 18.440 0
TOTAL ± su 2013
2016 2016
150 -80,0%
4.070 -7,5%
16.890 -26,2%
18.620 -21,7%
16.950 -15,1%
7.360 -14,4%
7.410 -19,5%
8.580 -14,6%
8.970 -5,3%
89.000 -18,4%
Source: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)
PAESI BALTICI E NORDICI - Number of 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
All
Denmark Lithuania Sweden Finland Latvia Estonia
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
11.860 50 1.060 820 0 0
140 4.130 0 30 1.240 0
720 22.110 70 70 2.790 0
1.660 30.880 910 930 6.790 0
5.740 34.260 910 7.540 13.630 0
2.120 21.330 2.350 15.570 10.540 0
5.090 28.540 9.160 46.390 15.390 0
53.760 43.920 50.850 103.960 22.630 0
490.560 117.060 265.520 107.140 87.630 0
571.650 302.280 330.830 282.450 160.640 0
TOTAL ± su 2013
2016 2016
13.790 -11,4%
5.540 -4,6%
25.760 -22,7%
41.170 -11,6%
62.080 -12,0%
51.910 -20,1%
104.570 -19,7%
275.120 -16,3%
1.067.910 -2,4%
1.647.850 -7,9%
Source: Eurostat (dataset: ef_olsaareg until 2013, ef_lsk_bovine from 2016)