Table 13.
Distribution of farms offering pasture/grazing to dairy cows reported for individual EU‐MSs based on national statistical data, epidemiological studies or educated estimates of the working group ‘Grazing’; unless otherwise stated in footnotes, no standard definition of grazing time per day or per year was given
| Country (Region) | Level | % Farms | % Cows | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | Sample (n = 1,851) | – | 71.0 | Pöllinger et al. (2018) (a) |
| BE | National | – | 30.0‐90.0 (b) | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| CZ | National | – | 5.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| DK | National | – | 24.7 | Statistics Denmark (2021b) (c) |
| EST | National | – | 10.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| EST | National | 61 | Reimus et al. (2020) | |
| FI | National | – | 80.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| FR | National | – | 90.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| DE | National | 43.0 | 30.8 | Statistisches Bundesamt (2021b) |
| GR | national | – | 10.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| HU | National | – | 3.0 − 5.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| IRL | National | – | 95.0–100.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| IT | National | – | 10.0–30.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| LT | National | – | 75.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| NL | National | 80.0 | (65.0–85.0) (d) | van der Peet et al. (2018) |
| PL | National | – | 30.0 (e) | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| PT | National | – | 60.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| SI | National | – | 20.0–40.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| ES (Northwest) (f) | National | – | 20.0–30.0 | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
| SE | National | 100.0 | 100.0 (g) | van den Pol‐van Dasselaar et al. (2020) |
1–24 h/day on average 115 days per year.
Marked differences between the regions Flanders and Wallonia.
Refers to all cows in Denmark; 84% of cows in Denmark are dairy cows.
Educated estimate reported in (2020).
Winnicki and Jugowar (2011) reported a share of 10% for Wielkopolska Region.
Lower proportions of grazing cows are estimated for the south of Spain (Molina et al., 2020).
The national law requires pasture access during summer for all dairy cows.