In Denmark during the control year 2020/21 there were just over half a million cows in milk recording. There are a total of 504049 cows in the final result. That is 9776 fewer than the year before. The average production was 10518 kilogram milk, 454 kilogram fat and 380 kilogram protein, a total of 834 kilogram fat plus protein. The difference from the previous year is +14 kilogram milk, +4 kilogram fat and +2 kilogram protein. The number of recording farms was 2132 which was 130 less than the year before. The average size of the herds increased six cows to 236 cows. About 90 percent of the Danish dairy farms and cows is in a milk recording program.