Organic Animal Production in Denmark by Mona Larsen

In Denmark One official authorization body exists (the Danish government) All organic holdings are certified and controlled by the Danish Plant Directorate (The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries) 3.000 holdings with organic production (threshold 5 hectare) The milk production is the main activity within the organic production (10 per cent of total) The organic production is a niche production.

Examined existing data Possibility of obtaining new data What did we do? Existing information Uncover demands Examined existing data Possibility of obtaining new data

Yearly report about organic production (The Danish Plant Directorate) Existing information Yearly report about organic production (The Danish Plant Directorate) Yearly report about accounts covering organic farming (Statistic Denmark) Milk (The Danish Dairy Board) Eggs (The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) Meat (The Danish Meat Association)

Demands for data on organic livestock and output from organic livestock Number of organic farms with livestock and number of animals They were please with the statistic from the Danish Plant Directorate on the number of farms with livestock and the information from the accounts statistics on organic farming. Demands on more detail data about cows kept for suckling and the number of males and females at the farms. But there were some doubt about the data about the number of animals and the production of animals from The Danish Plant Directorate. Ask if the Central Register of Administration could be used? The output from organic livestock The information about milk and eggs production meets the demands Demands more data on the number and quantity of slaughtering (cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry)

Examined existing data The Register of the Danish Plant Directorate The number of animals Categories of livestock There is data from several years Need more investigation

Examined existing data The Central Register of Livestock Species of animal (Cattle and other animals) Utility species (Organic livestock) Need more investigation

Examined existing data Farm Structure Survey The Agricultural Statistics Register The Farm Structure Survey was match with a list of all the authorised organic farms. Data was compared with the data from the statistics from The Danish Plant Directorate. The number of farms and animals is higher in the new survey. Have to be investigated more!

Examined existing data The output from organic livestock Milk and eggs Meat Cattle Pigs Sheep Chickens

Conclusion Number of organic farms with livestock and number of animals Data and the sources has to be analysed more. The output from organic livestock Data on milk and eggs production meets the demands Meat production: Data on the number and quantity of slaughtering cattle can be done. Data on the number and quantity of slaughtering of pigs, sheep and poultry is no possible. But the size of this production is very small.