Datasheet Agriculture
Absam
Absam (Image: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck)
Absam <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 72 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 5
Cattle farms 43.1% 3.4% 31 17
Number of cattle per holder 16.4 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 9.3 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 25.0% 62.3% 18 307
Part-time farms 72.2% 34.7% 52 171
Other farms 2.8% 3.0% 2 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 194 2698
Family labour 99.0% 66.6% 192 1798
Non-family labour 1.0% 33.4% 2 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 382 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 1.6% 26.6% 6 923
Arable land (ha) 29.3% 1.3% 112 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 68.6% 57.1% 262 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 485 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 82.1% 90.0% 507 158
Horses 4.5% 1.3% 22 2
Pigs 3.6% 5.7% 58 29
Sheep and goat 9.2% 1.7% 297 17
Poultry 0.6% 1.3% 763 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.