Netherlands’s Cattle Industry
Netherlands — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 14951510; 2024: 17993485
Cattle inventory
1990: 4926000; 2024: 3562000 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 521000; 2024: 433330 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 103091.9; 2024: 469400.73 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 352232.4; 2024: 682389.19 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 2249000; 2024: 2109500 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 50.7; 2024: 59.2 %
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: 1882367 tonnes; 2024: 5348685.51 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 1505689 tonnes; 2024: 4583668.85 tonnes
Barley
1991: 827376 tonnes; 2024: 2635484.02 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 52545 tonnes; 2024: 8032.17 tonnes
Oats
1991: 55298 tonnes; 2024: 162866.63 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 3678279 tonnes; 2024: 3579034.82 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 807328 tonnes; 2024: 2882788.47 tonnes