Germany had in May 2021 a number of 55800 dairy farms which was 4.3 percent less than on year before and 36 percent less than ten years before. In 2021 the number of dairy cows was 3.891 million which was 2.0 percent less than one year before and 7.0 percent less than ten years before. In 2021 dairy farms had average 70 dairy cows. Nineteen percent of the farms had 100 or more cows and together they kept 57 percent of the German herd. One percent of the dairy farms had 500 or more cows and those farms together kept 12 percent of the German dairy cow herd. (Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany)