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Head of swine livestock. Provinces

Head of swine livestock. Provinces 2013
Reproducers
Piglets Pigs < 50 kg Fattening pigs Male Sows Total
Barcelona 519,969 399,233 669,588 889 157,812 1,747,491
Girona 229,828 287,662 337,142 650 47,559 902,841
Lleida 917,900 806,456 1,568,799 1,075 277,567 3,571,797
Tarragona 149,916 111,450 141,688 325 51,701 455,080
Total 1,817,613 1,604,801 2,717,217 2,939 534,639 6,677,209
Source: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Effective livestock survey.

Last update: October 30, 2014.

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 "..".