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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of dairy farms(a)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of cows in the dairy herd<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 9 041<\/p><\/td> 1 112 459<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 8 663<\/p><\/td> 1 104 676<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 8 342<\/p><\/td> 1 098 610<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 8 092<\/p><\/td> 1 128 548<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 7 982<\/p><\/td> 1 148 089<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> (a) Sourced from Cattle Tracing System (CTS). Defined as the number of holdings with more than 10 female dairy cows over 2 years old in the milking herd (i.e. with offspring)<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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