Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many intensive dairy farms exist in the United Kingdom; and how many house more than (1) 500, and (2) 1000, dairy cows.[HL483]
Answer
We do not collect data based on the intensiveness of farm businesses and to do so would be at disproportionate cost. However, at June 2010 there were an estimated 23,541 commercial holdings with dairy cows in the UK. Of these, 107 holdings had between 501 and 1,000 dairy cows and a further 10 holdings had more than 1,000 dairy cows.
These figures are from the 2010 Farm Structure Survey.