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. 2024 Feb 29;12:e16998. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16998

Table 1. Farm demography measures for Aberdeenshire, Cumbria, Devon, and North Yorkshire counties of the United Kingdom.

Measurement Aberdeenshire Cumbria Devon North Yorkshire
Total farms 2,925 7,884 10,656 7,599
Total area (km2) 6,312 6,768 6,708 8,653
Farms/km2 0.46 1.16 1.59 0.88
Total animals 819,593 3,892,268 2,954,237 3,012,423
Total cattle 279,278 587,918 695,655 457,899
Total sheep 540,315 3,304,350 2,258,582 2,554,524
Animals/farm 280 ± 554 494 ± 757 277 ± 483 396 ± 638
Cattle/farm 95 ± 139 75 ± 106 65 ± 98 60 ± 107
Sheep/farm 185 ± 553 419 ± 723 212 ± 451 336 ± 608
Animals/km2 130 575 440 348
Cattle/km2 44 87 104 53
Sheep/km2 86 488 337 295

Note:

The measurements for animals (cattle + sheep), cattle, and sheep per farm are expressed in mean ± standard deviation.