Italy’s Cattle Industry
Italy — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 56719240; 2024: 58952704
Cattle inventory
1990: 8745900; 2024: 5765000 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 1164855; 2024: 659120 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 479120.8; 2024: 435809.94 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 89610.7; 2024: 214254.13 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 4881515; 2024: 2607110 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 60.8; 2024: 45.2 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 1022380 tonnes; 2024: 7389690.21 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 6510520 tonnes; 2024: 9407912.12 tonnes
Barley
1991: 699679 tonnes; 2024: 773677.38 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 62457 tonnes; 2024: 98112.29 tonnes
Oats
1991: 68203 tonnes; 2024: 50547.82 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 758308 tonnes; 2024: 2528103.83 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 1442194 tonnes; 2024: 1954405.19 tonnes