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Livestock populations in England

Information on the numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and other livestock in England.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
31 August 2022
Last updated:
27 August 2026
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  1. Updated with data for June 2026.

  2. Updated with cattle population data for December 2025.

  3. December 2024 statistical notice removed and new June & December dataset added.

  4. Adding CTA box to details.

  5. Updated with data for June 2025.

  6. Update to the December livestock statistics release and dataset with data for December 2024.

  7. Update to latest data.

  8. Updated the December livestock statistics release and dataset with data for December 2023.

  9. Text edited in the confidence intervals box of the 'metadata' tab.

  10. Added statistics notice and data set for livestock populations at 1 June 2023. Updated livestock populations in England at June and December dataset.

  11. Added statistics notice and data set for livestock populations at 1 December.

  12. First published.

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Livestock populations in England at 1 June 2026

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Livestock populations in England at 1 June (dataset)

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Livestock populations in England at June and December (dataset)

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Details

Livestock populations in England at 1 December will be published as a dataset only from December 2025.

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 dataset for December contains 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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