Table I.20.
Data on the average age of dairy cows in individual EU‐MS countries
| Country | Level | Year (a) | Ø Age | Months | Years | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | National (b) | 2020 | In living animals | 56.4 | 4.7 | BRS (2021) |
| Germany | National (b) | 2020 | At slaughter | 66.0 | 5.5 | BRS (2021) |
| France | National (c) | 2018 | At slaughter (d) | 55.2 | 4.6 | Dallago et al. (2021) |
| Poland | National (e) | 2019 | At slaughter (d) | 74.4 | 6.2 | Dallago et al. (2021) |
| Italy | National (b) | 2019 | At slaughter (d) | 68.4 | 5.7 | Dallago et al. (2021) |
| Netherlands | National (e) | 2019 | At slaughter (d) | 70.8 | 5.9 | Dallago et al. (2021) |
| Ireland | National (e) | 2020 | At slaughter (d) | 76.8 | 6.4 | Dallago et al. (2021) |
| Spain | National | 2018 | Not specified | 38.4 | 3.2 | Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentacíon (2020) |
| Spain | National (e) | 2020 | Not specified | 44.0 | 3.7 | Conafe (2021) |
| Sweden | National (b) | 2020 | At slaughter | 61.2 | 5.1 | Sverige, 2021 |
(a)
Year of recording.
(b)
Farms participating in the official milk recording schemes.
(c)
farms registered at the French livestock institute Idele.
(d)
Calculated from age at first calving plus length of productive lifetime.
(e)
Farms registered in a breeding association.