0 Administrative Information about the Statistical Product


0.1 Name
Livestock units in agriculture

0.2 Subject Area
Agriculture

0.3 Responsible Authority, Office, Person, etc.
Agriculture and Transport
Lene Riberholdt, phone: +45 39 17 33 77, e-mail: lri@dst.dk

0.4 Purpose and History
The purpose of "Livestock units in agriculture" is to produce statistics describing the number of livestock units in farm holdings, including figures for type of farm holding, area of farm holding and geographical distribution of farm holdings.

Furthermore, the livestock holdings are also described according to their distribution as harmonious or non-harmonious, regarding the level of livestock units per hectare.

0.5 Users and Application
Users:
Public authorities (municipalities, counties, government), organisations, companies and private individuals.

Applications:
Estimation of national and county levels of harmonious and non-harmonious holdings. The level of larger livestock holdings is of special concern to the users.

Used for planning of statutory orders for livestock manure, silage, etc., for the purpose of reducing their levels.

0.6 Sources
Every year Statistics Denmark collects data for one third of the livestock holdings. However, for 1999, all livestock holdings have supplied information. The data are located in the General Agricultural Register, from which the figures are drawn. For information about this register, see the declaration of contents for agriculture and gardening.

0.7 Legal Authority to Collect Data
See 0.6.

0.8 Response burden
There is no response burden as the data are collected by The office For Agriculture.

0.9 EU Regulation
None.


1 Contents


1.1 Description of Contents
As a whole the statistics describe:
Number of holdings
Number of livestock units
Area
Area of harmonious holdings
Area of non-harmonious holdings
Number of holdings with more than 250 livestock units (DE)

The statistics cover the following details:
Number of holdings classified by:
Holding size group, county, livestock units per holding, type of holding, degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness and manure capacity.

Number of livestock units classified by:
Livestock units per holding, holding size group, livestock type, county, type of holding and degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness.

Area classified by:
Livestock units per holding, holding size group, type of holding, county and degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness.

Area surplus or deficit classified by:
Type of holding, degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness, county and holding size group.

Number of holdings larger than 250 livestock units (DE) classified by:
Livestock type, part of the country, degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness and holding size group.

Number of livestock units on holdings larger than 250 livestock units (DE) classified by:
Livestock type, part of the country, degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness and holding size group.

Area of holdings larger than 250 livestock units (DE) classified by:
Livestock type, part of the country, degree of harmonious/non-harmonious and holding size group.

Area deficit of holdings larger than 250 livestock units (DE) classified by:
Degree of harmoniousness/non-harmoniousness, holding size group, type of holding and part of the country.

Livestock units per holding on holdings larger than 250 livestock units (DE) classified by:
Type of holding and part of the country.

1.2 Statistical Concepts
Livestock unit:
One livestock unit is a unit of calculation which until 19 December 1999 corresponded to a dairy cow of large stock without breeding. As from 19 December 1999, one livestock unit corresponds to a maximum of 100 kg of nitrogen in manure (ex stock) including the quantity deposited by the animals on the field. The conversion factors for individual animal species are specified in Annex 1 to the Order.

Type of holding:
There are five categories:
Cattle, pigs, poultry, other livestock holdings and plant growers with livestock.
If e.g. two thirds of the livestock units on a holding are pigs, then the holding falls into the category pigs. The category other livestock holdings comprises mixed holdings where cattle, pigs or poultry each constitutes less than two thirds of the livestock units. Holdings with less then 0.5 livestock units per hectare are (notwithstanding the above mentioned rules) regarded as plant growers with livestock.


2 Time


2.1 Reference Period
Data are retrieved from the General Agricultural Register in March or April. The reference period is annually.

2.2 Date of Publication
5 months.

2.3 Punctuality
The statistics are usually published without delay in relation to the scheduled date.

2.4 Frequency
Yearly.


3 Accuracy


3.1 Overall accuracy
See declaration of contents for agriculture.

3.2 Sources of inaccuracy
Errors may occur in the retrieval process.

3.3 Measures on accuracy
The statistical uncertainty is not calculated.


4 Comparability


4.1 Comparability over Time
Full comparability until 1998. From 1998, comparability is affected by changed rules for the distribution of manure.

4.2 Comparability with other Statistics
Comparability with some figures from the agricultural publication which, however, are drawn from the same set of data.

4.3 Coherence between provisional and final statistics
Only final figures are published.


5 Accessibility


5.1 Forms of dissemination
Publications in Danish about livestock units:
News from Statistics Denmark, Landbrug

General statistical publications:
Statistical Yearbook [in Danish, but also available online in English on www.dst.dk]
Statistical 10-year Review [in English and Danish]
Nordic Statistical Yearbook [in English and Swedish]

Statistics Denmarks homepages:
www.dst.dk [e.g. Statistical Yearbook online]
www.statistikbanken.dk [tables with data for livestock units]

5.2 Basic material: Storage and usability
From the basic material more tables can be constructed. Level of detail as in the publication Landbrug Statistical News.

5.3 Documentation
The annual publication Landbrug Statistical News contains a description of sources and methods (in Danish).

5.4 Other Information
There is made a method report, which can be asked for in Statistics Denmark.


Supplementary documentation
No supplementary documentation is available