Livestock populations in the United Kingdom
Livestock numbers in the United Kingdom at June and December each year.
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These publications give estimates of livestock populations for the United Kingdom in June and December each year. Results are sourced from the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture, other farm surveys and administrative sources from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Devolved Administrations.
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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Updates to this page
Published 15 December 2022Last updated 17 December 2024 + show all updates
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The 2024 Scotland fattening pigs (incl. barren sows) figure has been corrected.
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Added data to 1 June 2024.
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Update page as requested.
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Updated Livestock populations in the United Kingdom at June and December (dataset).
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Updated livestock populations in the United Kingdom at 1 June 2023 statistics notice and dataset.
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Corrected file name for "Livestock populations in the United Kingdom at June and December (dataset)".
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Publishing the “Livestock populations in the United Kingdom at 1 December” and the June and December dataset.
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Added livestock populations at June and December dataset originally published 20 December 2022.
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First published.