date:Jul 09, 2014
ort outlines that changes in the total cow herd are driven by a decline in suckler cow herd by nearly 300 thousand heads since 2011 and a parallel increase of the number of dairy cows by more than 400,000 heads over the same period, leading the total number of cows to 35.4 million heads in December 2013.
The continuous decline in the number of beef cows, combined with the restocking of dairy cows due to high milk prices and the milk quota expiry in 2015, led to an 8.3% decline in total EU beef