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Organic sheep livestock numbers in the UK 2009-2017

Number of organic sheep livestock in the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2017 (in heads)
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The data displays the livestock numbers of fully organic sheep in the UK from 2003 to 2017. In 2010, there were over 981,000 sheep organically produced in the UK and by 2012, this number had risen to over 1.15 million. Nevertheless, since that year the numbers decreased to 841 thousand in 2016. Additionally, the organic and in-conversion livestock numbers in the UK can be found at the following.

2009 884810
2010 981223
2011 1161717
2012 1152097
2013 999200
2014 958940
2015 874200
2016 840800
2017 887000