In these tables more information is given about dairy production of the Holstein Friesians.

General information

Holstein Friesian Amount Days Milk (kg) Fat (%) Prot (%) F + P (kg)
Black and White 659651 357 10623 4,34 3,57 840
305 9563 4,29 3,52 747
Red-and-White 184147 352 9498 4,55 3,66 780
305 8667 4,49 3,62 703

Yearly information

Holstein Friesian 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017 – 2018 2016-2017 2015-2016
Number of dairy farms 15730 16400 16960 18060 17870
Number of dairy cows 1593084 1588600 1629590 1693290 1742660
Number of dairy farms in milk recording 13988 14367 14784 14751 14951
Number of dairy cows in milk recording 1474850 1459287 1471431 1496391 1506614
Average size milk-recorded herds 105,4 101,6 100 101 101
Heifer calves registered in herdbook 582854 574473 602103 630107 654241
Number of first-lactating heifers type-classified 123972 131840 144404 167750 173104
Average age at first calving (years*months) 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
Calving interval (days) 408 408 408 408 413
Average total life span of dairy cows (years*months) 5/10 5/10 5/10 5/10 5/10
Average number of lactations 3,6 3,4 3,4 3,4 3,5
Average productive life span of dairy cows (days) 1325 1243 1216 1222 1276
Average lifetime production of dairy cows (kg) 34000 31553 30343 29845 30967
Number of cows with a lifetime production of 100,000 kg milk 42564 37785 35525 33373 31042
Number of cows with a lifetime production of 10,000 kg fat + protein 3688 3259 3040 2835 2612
Artificially inseminated cows and heifers 1473836 1479944 1540884 1579641 1618
Export of pedigree cattle 12420 40924 40924 46251 25845

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