Table 7.

Frequency of open‐bedded systems (straw yards and compost‐bedded pack barns) in countries of EU‐MS countries

Country	Level	n farms	% farms	n cows	% cows	Reference
AT	Sample (a)	–	–	–	4.0	Pöllinger et al. (2018)
DK	National	–	–	182,000	32.2 (b)	Statistics Denmark (2021b)
FR	National	–	56.5	–	52.2	idele (2021) (c)
DE	National	7,130	10.6	160,300	3.8	Statistisches Bundesamt (2021b)
NL	National	–	–	–	0.0	CBS (2012)

^(a)n = 1,851.

^(b)Refers to all cows in Denmark; 84% of cows in Denmark are dairy.

^(c)Cows figures refer to the year 2015.