Livestock populations in England
Information on the numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and other livestock in England.
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Availability of December 2025 cattle data for England has been temporarily delayed, therefore publication of cattle population data will be later than previously announced. Sheep and pig population data for England will be published as planned on 26 February 2026. Cattle population data for England is planned to be published later alongside the UK livestock populations on 26 March 2026.
These publications give estimates of livestock populations for England in June and December each year. Results are sourced from the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture, other farm surveys and administrative sources. The statistical notice for June includes information on numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Numbers of other livestock are available in the accompanying dataset. The statistical notice and dataset for December contain information on numbers of cattle, pigs and sheep.
Information about the uses and users of the June survey of agriculture and horticulture is available on gov.uk.
The next update will be announced on the statistics release calendar.
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Updated with data for June 2025.
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Update to the December livestock statistics release and dataset with data for December 2024.
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Updated the December livestock statistics release and dataset with data for December 2023.
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Added statistics notice and data set for livestock populations at 1 June 2023. Updated livestock populations in England at June and December dataset.
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Added statistics notice and data set for livestock populations at 1 December.
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