Definition: Grazing livestock density index

Category: Agriculture statistics

The grazing livestock density index measures the stock of grazing animals (cattle, sheep, goats and equidae) per fodder area (consisting of fodder crops grown on arable land as well as permanent grassland). It is the ratio of the number of livestock units (LSUs) (converted from the number of animals using standard coefficients) per hectare of fodder area. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Grazing_livestock_density_index