Type of animal | Holdings with livestock, total1 | Of which holdings with organic livestock farming | Animals in organic livestock farming as a proportion of all animals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdings | Animals | Holdings | Animals | ||
| Number | % | ||||
| 1: Both conventional and organic livestock farming. 2: Including holdings temporarily without livestock. | |||||
| Cattle | 108,032 | 11,274,534 | 13,003 | 861,272 | 7.6 |
| Pigs | 31,852 | 26,299,994 | 1,566 | 212,455 | 0.8 |
| Sheep | 19,870 | 1,809,264 | 2,744 | 243,836 | 13.5 |
| Goats | 10,459 | 154,906 | 1,853 | 51,358 | 33.2 |
| Chickens2 | 49,388 | 159,118,147 | 5,373 | 8,296,945 | 5.2 |
| Geese, ducks, turkeys2 | 8,300 | 14,030,019 | 764 | 265,131 | 1.9 |
| Equidae (e.g. horses) | 41,423 | 453,662 | 4,973 | 41,862 | 9.2 |
As at 08 December 2021