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Head of swine livestock. Provinces

Head of swine livestock. Provinces 2012
Reproducers
Piglets Pigs < 50 kg Fattening pigs Male Sows Total
Barcelona 462,736 464,079 698,254 1,030 157,222 1,783,321
Girona 223,098 240,910 363,318 638 51,803 879,767
Lleida 1,017,335 960,502 1,473,057 1,381 264,847 3,717,122
Tarragona 176,229 102,819 136,203 242 45,270 460,763
Total 1,879,398 1,768,310 2,670,832 3,291 519,142 6,840,973
Source: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Effective livestock survey.

Last update: October 9, 2013.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

EU member states must carry out annual livestock surveys to determine the number of cattle and type by age and productive states.

Livestock surveys aimed at quantifying the number of pigs, sheep and goats present on Catalan farms in two specific reference periods. In sheep and goats, information on milk production and its destination is also gathered. Regulation 1165/2008 states that two yearly surveys into pig production will be carried out, the first in May and the second in November. For sheep and goats, one annual survey is to be carried out into the two species together during the month of November. The population scope includes all pig, sheep and goat production within the territory of Catalonia and recorded as active in the registry of farms of the DAAM.

The body responsible for the management, implementation, review and dissemination of the results of the Survey of Livestock in Catalonia is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (DAAM). This statistical operation is to be carried out in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) for all autonomous communities in the Spanish State.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".