Datasheet Agriculture
Brandenberg
Brandenberg (Image: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck)
Brandenberg <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 112 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 28 5
Cattle farms 65.2% 3.4% 73 17
Number of cattle per holder 18.8 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 7.5 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 46.4% 62.3% 52 307
Part-time farms 49.1% 34.7% 55 171
Other farms 4.5% 3.0% 5 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 357 2698
Family labour 97.8% 66.6% 349 1798
Non-family labour 2.2% 33.4% 8 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 698 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.1% 26.6% 1 923
Arable land (ha) 1.1% 1.3% 8 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 98.6% 57.1% 688 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 1098 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 95.5% 90.0% 1369 158
Horses 1.0% 1.3% 11 2
Pigs 0.7% 5.7% 26 29
Sheep and goat 2.6% 1.7% 193 17
Poultry 0.2% 1.3% 461 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.