Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Farm types Regions Periods Arable land Area Industrial crops (are) Arable land Area Other arable crops (are) Arable land Number of farms Industrial crops (number) Arable land Number of farms Other arable crops (number) Horticulture, in the open Area Floricultural crops (are) Horticulture, in the open Number of farms Floricultural crops (number) Horticulture, under glass Area Floricultural crops (m2) Horticulture, under glass Number of farms Floricultural crops (number)
Specialist field crops Nederland 2023 827,193 1,022,222 1,005 4,201 7,317 75 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 276,720 348,104 233 1,061 1,450 13 0 0
Specialist field crops Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 121,631 127,395 203 871 1,377 15 0 0
Specialist field crops West-Nederland (LD) 2023 255,066 293,328 340 1,292 3,660 37 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 173,776 253,395 229 977 830 10 0 0
Specialist field crops Groningen (PV) 2023 175,777 142,318 140 526 243 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Fryslân (PV) 2023 25,573 48,441 28 142 377 4 0 0
Specialist field crops Drenthe (PV) 2023 75,370 157,345 65 393 830 7 0 0
Specialist field crops Overijssel (PV) 2023 15,090 21,131 32 218 7 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Flevoland (PV) 2023 57,844 51,409 82 288 497 7 0 0
Specialist field crops Gelderland (PV) 2023 48,697 54,855 89 365 873 6 0 0
Specialist field crops Utrecht (PV) 2023 772 7,200 4 22 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Holland (PV) 2023 16,666 71,582 23 225 799 7 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023 7,607 63,756 14 331 706 6 0 0
Specialist field crops Zeeland (PV) 2023 230,021 150,790 299 714 2,155 24 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023 129,574 165,654 177 725 473 9 0 0
Specialist field crops Limburg (PV) 2023 44,202 87,741 52 252 357 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Overig Groningen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Twente (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Veluwe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Achterhoek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Utrecht (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops IJmond (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zaanstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Delft en Westland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Flevoland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) 2023 20,546 74,667 27 229 550 3 0 0
Specialist field crops Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) 2023 225,925 245,683 170 702 695 5 0 0
Specialist field crops Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) 2023 29,850 24,743 32 106 70 3 0 0
Specialist field crops Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 51,784 47,658 106 496 879 7 0 0
Specialist field crops Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 2,126 16,579 3 56 7 2 0 0
Specialist field crops IJsselmeerpolders (LG) 2023 65,301 75,406 90 390 518 8 0 0
Specialist field crops Westelijk Holland (LG) 2023 8,398 54,144 17 133 779 7 0 0
Specialist field crops Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) 2023 1,467 2,732 2 23 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) 2023 547 5,264 3 9 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Rivierengebied (LG) 2023 18,790 20,387 21 92 129 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) 2023 285,893 259,917 369 1,240 2,900 31 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) 2023 26,697 18,070 38 94 267 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 85,259 166,184 115 560 523 6 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuid-Limburg (LG) 2023 4,610 10,788 12 71 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops De Marne (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) 2023 2,057 7,746 4 8 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) 2023 63,928 57,925 57 183 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) 2023 98,930 43,302 67 199 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) 2023 427 2,535 1 17 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) 2023 10,435 30,810 11 119 243 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Noordelijk Friesland (LB) 2023 10,111 43,857 16 110 307 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) 2023 5,519 2,835 7 16 9 1 0 0
Specialist field crops De Wouden (LB) 2023 9,943 1,749 5 16 61 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Eilanden (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) 2023 7,231 5,894 6 18 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) 2023 29,412 29,654 19 95 559 3 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023 3,049 1,761 7 12 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023 2,023 5,234 6 43 135 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) 2023 33,655 114,802 27 225 136 2 0 0
Specialist field crops Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) 2023 1,624 2,223 2 19 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) 2023 6,699 6,239 11 49 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Twente (LB) 2023 3,148 10,027 9 110 2 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Salland (LB) 2023 3,619 2,642 10 40 5 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) 2023 15,533 19,545 29 117 490 6 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) 2023 42,311 31,864 53 171 7 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023 1,308 7,495 1 18 4 1 0 0
Specialist field crops IJsselstreek (LB) 2023 3,054 2,291 7 16 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) 2023 15,070 5,127 15 47 14 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) 2023 2,331 635 4 7 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) 2023 3,963 11,733 10 45 0 0 0 0
Specialist field crops Bommelerwaard (LB) 2023 3,982 2,841 2 8 129 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Westelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023 818 8,635 2 33 3 1 0 0
Specialist field crops Achterhoek (LB) 2023 18,171 16,098 48 191 723 2 0 0
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains data on land use, arable farming, horticulture, grassland, grazing livestock and housed animals, at regional level, by general farm type.

The figures in this table are derived from the agricultural census. Data collection for the agricultural census is part of a combined data collection for a.o. agricultural policy use and enforcement of the manure law.

Regional breakdown is based on the main location of the holding. Due to this the region where activities (crops, animals) are allocated may differ from the location where these activities actually occur.

The agricultural census is also used as the basis for the European Farm Structure Survey (FSS). Data from the agricultural census do not fully coincide with the FSS. In the FSS years (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010) additional information was collected to meet the requirements of the FSS.

Reference date for livestock is 1 April and for crops 15 May.

In 2022, equidae are not part of the Agricultural Census. This affects the farm type and the total number of farms in the Agricultural Census. Farms with horses, ponies and donkeys that were previously classified as ‘specialist grazing livestock' could be classified, according to their dominant activity, as another farm type in 2022.

From 2020 onwards, the SO2017, based on the years 2015 to 2019, will apply (see also the explanation for SO: Standard Output).

From 2018 onwards the number of calves for fattening, pigs for fattening, chicken and turkey are adjusted in the case of temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
The agricultural census is a structural survey, in which adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle is a.o. relevant for the calculation of the economic size of the holding, and its farm type.
In the livestock surveys the number of animals on the reference day is relevant, therefore no adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle are made.
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the livestock tables (see ‘links to relevant tables and relevant articles).

From 2017 onwards, animal numbers are increasingly derived from I&R registers (Identification and Registration of animals), instead of by means of the combined data collection. The I&R registers are the responsibility of RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency). Since 2017, cattle numbers are derived from I&R cattle, and from 2018 sheep, goats and poultry are also derived from the relevant I&R registers. The registration of cattle, sheep and goats takes place directly at RVO. Poultry data is collected via the designated database Poultry Information System Poultry (KIP) from Avined. Avined is a branch organization for the egg and poultry meat sectors. Avined passes the data on to the central database of RVO. Due to the transition to the use of I&R registers, a change in classification will occur for sheep and goats from 2018 onwards.

Since 2016, information of the Dutch Business Register is used to define the agricultural census. Registration in the Business Register with an agricultural standard industrial classification code (SIC), related to NACE/ISIC, (in Dutch SBI: ‘Standaard BedrijfsIndeling’) is leading to determine whether there is an agricultural holding. This aligns the agricultural census as closely as possible to the statistical regulations of Eurostat and the (Dutch) implementation of the definition of 'active farmer' as described in the common agricultural policy.

The definition of the agricultural census based on information from the Dutch Business Register mainly affects the number of holdings, a clear deviation of the trend occurs. The impact on areas (except for other land and rough grazing) and the number of animals (except for sheep, horses and ponies) is limited. This is mainly due to the holdings that are excluded as a result of the new delimitation of agricultural holdings (such as equestrian centres, city farms and organisations in nature management).

In 2011 there were changes in geographic assignment of holdings with a foreign main seat. This may influence regional figures, mainly in border regions.

Until 2010 the economic size of agricultural holdings was expressed in Dutch size units (in Dutch NGE: 'Nederlandse Grootte Eenheid'). From 2010 onwards this has become Standard Output (SO). This means that the threshold for holdings in the agricultural census has changed from 3 NGE to 3000 euro SO. For comparable time series the figures for 2000 up to and including 2009 have been recalculated, based on SO coefficients and SO typology. The latest update took place in 2016.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: The figures are final.

Changes as of March 29, 2024: the final figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
According to regular planning provisional figures are published in November and the definite figures will follow in March of the following year.

Description topics

Arable land
Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually for industrial processing.
Area
Industrial crops
Crops that are normally not sold directly for consumption because they need to be industrially processed prior to final use.
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Includes black poppy, industrial chicory, hemp, caraway seed, colza seed, rape seed, linseed, soy beans, flax and sunflowers.
Other arable crops
Includes miscanthus and sod.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Industrial crops
Crops that are normally not sold directly for consumption because they need to be industrially processed prior to final use.
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Includes black poppy, industrial chicory, hemp, caraway seed, colza seed, rape seed, linseed, soy beans, flax and sunflowers.
Other arable crops
Includes miscanthus and sod.
Horticulture, in the open
Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually directly for
the market.
Area
Floricultural crops
Includes flower seeds.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Floricultural crops
Includes flower seeds.
Horticulture, under glass
Refers to the growing of crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover.
Area
Floricultural crops
Includes amaryllis, flower seeds, potted plants, cut-flowers and nursing material for floricultural crops.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Floricultural crops
Includes amaryllis, flower seeds, potted plants, cut-flowers and nursing material for floricultural crops.