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Mr. Farr
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the number in the national dairy herd at the latest available date, compared with 1973.
Mr. Bishop
The provisional results of the most recent sample inquiry for the United Kingdom indicate that the size of the dairy herd at June 1978 was 3,278,000 cows. This compares with the 1973 figure result is estimated to be in the region of of 3,436,000.