Number of livestock (thousands) by Information, Year and Species

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		Cattle	.Dairy cows	.Suckler cows
Livestock (1,000 individuals)	2025	764.4	227.3	60.5

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*Preliminary data
Cattle: Number of cattle 1.6.1990-1994 and 1.5.1995-2014.
Pigs: Number of pigs 1.6.1990-1994, 1.5.1995-2003 and 1.4.2004-2014.
Poultry: Number of poultry 1.5.1995-2003 and 1.4.2004-2014.
Sheep and goats: Number of sheep and goats 1.6.1990-1994, 1.5.1995-2005, 1.6.2006-2009 and 1.5.2010-2014.
Horses: Number of horses 1.6.1990-1994, 1.5.1995-2003 and 1.4.2004-2014.
The sheep numbers for 2015 are not comparable with previous years.
Poultry numbers for 2016 are not fully comparable with previous years.
From 2022 onwards, the cattle, sheep and goats and farms are not entirely comparable with data from previous years.

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