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(b) Average beef herd size in England by county
	Average dairy beef per herd
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees	(1)—	21	20	(1)—	24
South Teesside	32	35	31	32	31
Darlington	22	(1)—	24	(1)—	24
Durham CC	32	33	33	32	31
Northumberland	58	59	58	56	53
Tyneside	30	(1)—	36	(1)—	34
Sunderland	(1)—	(1)—	32	(1)—	27
West Cumbria	25	27	28	29	29
East Cumbria	28	29	29	30	29
Halton and Warrington	15	(1)—	16	(1)—	18
Cheshire CC	16	18	18	18	17
Greater Manchester South	14	15	14	15	19
Greater Manchester North	16	18	18	19	18
Blackburn with Darwen	14	(1)—	14	(1)—	19
Blackpool	(1)—	0	0	0	0
Lancashire CC	20	22	22	22	21
East Merseyside	(1)—	(1)—	29	(1)—	40
Liverpool	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Sefton	(1)—	(1)—	38	(1)—	(1)—
Wirral	13	(1)—	17	(1)—	16
Kingston upon Hull, City of	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
East Riding of Yorkshire	29	(1)—	30	(1)—	30
North and North East Lincolnshire	23	(1)—	24	(1)—	23
York	(1)—	(1)—	25	(1)—	(1)—
North Yorkshire CC	27	29	28	28	28
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham	22	23	22	21	22
Sheffield	26	(1)—	27	(1)—	27
Bradford	19	(1)—	20	(1)—	21
Leeds	21	(1)—	23	(1)—	25
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield	18	19	18	18	20
Derby	(1)—	(1)—	14	(1)—	(1)—
East Derbyshire	16	18	18	18	18
South and West Derbyshire	23	25	24	24	25
Nottingham	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
North Nottinghamshire	24	25	25	24	24
South Nottinghamshire	19	(1)—	20	(1)—	20
Leicester	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Leicestershire CC and Rutland	24	25	25	25	25
Northamptonshire	31	34	33	32	33
Lincolnshire	32	34	33	33	32
Herefordshire, County of	24	(1)—	25	(1)—	24
Worcestershire	18	(1)—	18	18	18
Warwickshire	22	23	23	23	23
Telford and Wrekin	19	(1)—	20	(1)—	23
Shropshire CC	26	28	27	26	25
Stoke-on-Trent	(1)—	(1)—	10	(1)—	30
Staffordshire CC	17	19	18	18	19
Birmingham	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Solihull	23	(1)—	24	(1)—	25
Coventry	(1)—	(1)—	17	(1)—	36
Dudley and Sandwell	9	(1)—	11	(1)—	(1)—
Walsall and Wolverhampton	17	(1)—	24	(1)—	21
Peterborough	(1)—	(1)—	18	(1)—	(1)—
Cambridgeshire CC	26	28	27	28	28
Norfolk	32	33	32	33	34
Suffolk	25	25	25	24	23
Luton	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Bedfordshire CC	19	20	18	18	19
Hertfordshire	29	31	30	32	27
Southend-On-Sea	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	32	(1)—	32	(1)—	37
Essex CC	20	23	23	23	22
Inner London-West	0	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	0
Inner London—East	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Outer London—East and North East	27	(1)—	29	(1)—	32
Outer London—South	22	(1)—	25	(1)—	15
Outer London—West and North West	26	(1)—	28	(1)—	20
Berkshire	25	28	27	27	28
Milton Keynes	15	(1)—	18	(1)—	18
Buckinghamshire CC	35	37	36	34	34
Oxfordshire	28	30	30	30	31
Brighton and Hove	(1)—	(1)—	129	(1)—	(1)—
East Sussex CC	21	23	22	23	23
Surrey	23	24	23	23	24
West Sussex	24	28	29	30	29
Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	(1)—
Southampton	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Hampshire CC	23	24	24	24	23
Isle of Wight	23	(1)—	24	(1)—	23
Medway	(1)—	(1)—	86	(1)—	93
Kent CC	23	24	23	24	24
Bristol, City of	(1)—	(1)—	3	(1)—	11
North and N E Somerset, South Gloucester	17	18	18	19	19
Gloucestershire	22	24	24	24	24
Swindon	18	(1)—	18	(1)—	17
Wiltshire CC	32	33	34	35	33
Bournemouth and Poole	(1)—	(1)—	14	(1)—	11
Dorset CC	19	22	22	22	23
Somerset	23	26	25	25	25
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	23	25	25	24	24
Plymouth	22	(1)—	24	(1)—	50
Torbay	(1)—	(1)—	29	(1)—	34
Devon CC	24	26	25	25	25
England	25	27	26	26	26
(1) Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Data for 2002, 2003 and 2005 are complied from a large published datasets; these are treated each year to ensure confidentiality across every geographical level from country to ward hence the differing pattern of suppression in those years. Notes: 1. Dairy/beef cows are any cows or heifers that have calved including cull cows. Dairy and beef herd replacements are not included nor are cattle intended for slaughter. 2. Some holdings may have both dairy and beef cows and will therefore be included in the holding counts of both categories. 3. Estimates have been made for holdings not responding or not selected for the survey. Source: June Agricultural Survey

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