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Dairy Farming

Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 March 2007. It was answered by Barry Gardiner (Labour) on Thursday, 15 March 2007 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average (a) dairy and (b) beef herd size is in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) each county.

Answer

The average size of dairy and beef herds in England at June 2006 is shown in table 1. County data can be found in table 2. Figures for the other UK countries fall under the jurisdiction of the individual devolved authorities.

Table 1—England
	Number
(a) Total dairy cows	129,0231
Total holdings with dairy cows	14,772
Average herd size for dairy cows	87

(b) Total beef cows	73,9046
Total holdings with beef cows	28,293
Average herd size for beef cows	26
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

Table 2—Dairy and beef cows and holdings by county in England
	(a)	(b)
County/unitary authority	Total dairy cows	Hdgs with dairy cows	Average dairy herd size	Total beef cows	Hdgs with beef cows	Average beef herd size
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees	—	—	—	862	36	24
South Teesside	1,251	24	52	1,643	53	31
Darlington	1,293	15	87	1,304	55	24
Durham CC	6,973	123	57	21,358	682	31
Northumberland	7,758	102	76	46,825	882	53
Tyneside	—	—	—	1,223	36	34
Sunderland	0	0	0	271	10	27
North East Region	18,558	281	66	73,487	1,753	42

West Cumbria	39,870	468	85	21,509	753	29
East Cumbria	68,768	809	85	38,727	1,338	29
Halton and Warrington	—	—	—	344	19	18
Cheshire CC	99,665	880	113	9,055	520	17
Greater Manchester South	1,463	24	62	1,392	73	19
Greater Manchester North	5,650	87	65	3,846	210	18
Blackburn with Darwen	1,238	22	56	802	43	19
Blackpool	—	—	—	0	0	0
Lancashire CC	71,834	849	85	17,240	820	21
East Merseyside	—	—	—	566	14	40
Liverpool	0	0	0	—	—	—
Sefton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wirral	1,905	15	126	210	13	16
North West Region	291,898	3,173	92	94,041	3,811	25

Kingston upon Hull, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Riding of Yorkshire	5,540	87	63	10,399	351	30
North and North East Lincolnshire	—	—	—	2,315	100	23
York	1,180	18	67	—	—	—
North Yorkshire CC	73,970	965	77	51,208	1,853	28
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	6,879	92	74	3,978	184	22
Sheffield	2,076	34	62	2,031	74	27
Bradford	3,866	58	67	3,301	159	21
Leeds	2,263	31	73	2,657	106	25
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	8,633	130	66	8,724	443	20
Yorkshire and the Humber Region	104,966	1,430	73	85,857	3,325	26

Derby	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Derbyshire	4,941	96	52	2,801	156	18
South and West Derbyshire	40,277	529	76	20,634	828	25
Nottingham	0	0	0	—	—	—
North Nottinghamshire	5,676	62	91	4,053	172	24
South Nottinghamshire	4,378	47	93	2,060	104	20
Leicester	—	—	—	—	—	—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	25,510	282	90	14,770	583	25
Northamptonshire	6,500	82	79	12,431	380	33
Lincolnshire	7,783	99	79	18,744	581	32
East Midlands Region	95,603	1,203	79	75,649	2,813	27

Herefordshire, County of	17,582	228	77	20,633	852	24
Worcestershire	14,100	177	80	8,553	469	18
Warwickshire	12,561	184	68	8,818	390	23
Telford and Wrekin	4,028	38	107	1,029	45	23
Shropshire CC	70,042	730	96	28,632	1,123	25
Stoke-on-Trent	818	14	57	414	14	30
Staffordshire CC	75,536	869	87	19,004	1,004	19
Birmingham	—	—	—	—	—	—
Solihull	1,487	17	87	1,054	42	25
Coventry	—	—	—	362	10	36
Dudley and Sandwell	185	5	40	—	—	—
Walsall and Wolverhampton	0	0	0	224	11	21
West Midlands Region	196,694	2,269	87	88,896	3,968	22

Peterborough	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire CC	1,566	29	55	5,464	196	28
Norfolk	11,137	146	76	18,587	547	34
Suffolk	4,977	91	55	7,646	329	23
Luton	0	0	0	—	—	—
Bedfordshire CC	1,744	25	69	2,131	114	19
Hertfordshire	2,269	38	59	3,975	150	27
Southend-on-Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	—	—	—	579	16	37
Essex CC	4,401	56	78	5,248	235	22
Eastern Region	26,370	392	67	43,926	1,602	27

Inner London—West	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inner London—East	—	—	—	—	—	—
Outer London—East and North East	—	—	—	254	8	32
Outer London—South	—	—	—	152	10	15
Outer London—West and North West	669	7	90	219	11	20
Berkshire	5368	44	121	3,707	135	28
Milton Keynes	667	8	80	600	33	18
Buckinghamshire cc	8,841	96	92	11,015	323	34
Oxfordshire	10,799	118	92	11,239	361	31
Brighton and Hove	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Sussex CC	8,842	113	78	9,750	428	23
Surrey	7,101	77	92	5,070	211	24
West Sussex	14,508	130	112	8,191	284	29
Portsmouth	—	—	—	—	—	—
Southampton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hampshire CC	20,221	198	102	12,420	531	23
Isle of Wight	3,546	44	80	2,275	98	23
Medway	0	0	0	558	6	93
Kent CC	10,850	120	91	11,270	479	24
South East Region (inc. London)	91,962	963	95	77,077	2,925	26

Bristol, City of	—	—	—	55	5	11
North and North East Somerset, South Gl	26,139	279	94	7,487	396	19
Gloucestershire	28,877	321	90	15,820	665	24
Swindon	2,781	30	92	477	28	17
Wiltshire CC	42,345	401	106	18,136	545	33
Bournemouth and Poole	—	—	—	73	7	11
Dorset CC	64,013	564	113	13,519	600	23
Somerset	94,487	918	103	30,346	1,205	25
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	73,919	956	77	44,497	1,829	24
Plymouth	0	0	0	298	6	50
Torbay	—	—	—	330	10	34
Devon CC	131,101	1,584	83	69,075	2,801	25
South West Region	464,180	5,060	92	200,112	8,096	25

England	1,290,231	14,772	87	739,046	28,293	26
Notes:
1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter.
2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories.
Source:
June Agricultural Survey

Type

Written question

Reference

458 c482-6W; 126161

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Dairy farming

Link

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