Datasheet Agriculture
Birgitz
Birgitz (Image: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck)
Birgitz <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 24 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 5
Cattle farms 83.3% 3.4% 20 17
Number of cattle per holder 14.4 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 7.6 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 37.5% 62.3% 9 307
Part-time farms 54.2% 34.7% 13 171
Other farms 8.3% 3.0% 2 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 58 2698
Family labour 94.8% 66.6% 55 1798
Non-family labour 5.2% 33.4% 3 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 174 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.0% 26.6% 0 923
Arable land (ha) 30.5% 1.3% 53 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 69.0% 57.1% 120 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 258 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 84.2% 90.0% 288 158
Horses 2.3% 1.3% 6 2
Pigs 4.2% 5.7% 36 29
Sheep and goat 9.1% 1.7% 156 17
Poultry 0.2% 1.3% 120 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.