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Did you know that there are more cows in Britain than there are people in Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester put together?
How many cows are there on the average farm?
There really is no such thing as the average dairy farm - there are farms of all shapes and sizes in the UK, from small herds to farms with more than 1,000 cows, and different farming systems including organic and conventional, grazed and housed.
In terms of cow numbers, it is true that dairy farms have been getting bigger over the years.
The latest data available, from 2010, shows that the average UK herd size is 117 cows. In 2000 the number was 84.
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