Livestock manure; production, transport and use, key figures

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This table comprises information about livestock manure production and production of nitrogen and phosphate in manure. It also includes data on excreted nitrogen that evaporates as ammonia and other nitrogen compounds or is removed as rinsing water from air scrubbers. The use of nitrogen and phosphate in agricultural holdings is calculated from the manure production and the difference between supply and removal of manure. The use of manure is related to the available spreading area based on fertilising standards.

Data available from: 1950.

Status of the figures:

Final figures;

New insights in calculation methodologies can lead to recalculation of the time series.

Changes as of 28 October 2026:

Final data on manure production in 2025 have been added.

For pigs and poultry, unlike in the previous case, a reference date of 1 July 2025—rather than 1 April 2025—was used to provide a better approximation of the average number of animals present throughout 2025. Because these final figures were determined at a later stage, and data from the census with a reference date of 1 April 2026 had already become available, it was possible to estimate the number of animals as of 1 July 2025 (based on a linear trend).

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