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Table C22 Number of dairy cows(1) and number of holdings with dairy cows on main holdings by region and size group, June 1997

Herd
size group

North West

North East

South East

South West

Scotland

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

1-4

67

103

43

62

50

94

153

290

313

549

5-19

21

205

11

100

11

131

73

742

116

1,178

20-39

17

474

12

340

21

657

129

4,069

179

5,540

40-59

17

857

20

1,000

28

1,321

292

14,510

357

17,688

60-79

15

1,068

19

1,361

48

3,349

338

23,696

420

29,474

80-99

17

1,529

23

2,066

26

2,338

338

30,249

404

36,182

100-149

18

2,154

53

6,443

54

6,242

478

56,929

603

71,768

150 & over

10

1,946

37

8,369

31

6,543

182

36,763

260

53,621

Total

182

8,336

218

19,741

269

20,675

1,983

167,248

2,652

216,000

(1) Cows and heifers in milk and cows in calf but not in milk