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18.
Mr. William Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cows there are in the beef breeding herd in Northern Ireland at the latest available date.
Mr. Adam Butler
There were 201,400 beef breeding cows recorded in the 1 December 1981 agricultural census. It is estimated that there are an additional 3,700 beef cows on very small holdings not included in the main census.