Datasheet Agriculture
Virgen
Virgen (Image: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck)
Virgen <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 145 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 35 5
Cattle farms 62.8% 3.4% 91 17
Number of cattle per holder 16.4 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 28.9 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 26.9% 62.3% 39 307
Part-time farms 60.7% 34.7% 88 171
Other farms 12.4% 3.0% 18 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 495 2698
Family labour 94.7% 66.6% 469 1798
Non-family labour 5.3% 33.4% 26 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 3411 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.0% 26.6% 1 923
Arable land (ha) 1.0% 1.3% 34 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 99.0% 57.1% 3376 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 1235 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 86.4% 90.0% 1490 158
Horses 1.1% 1.3% 14 2
Pigs 3.7% 5.7% 151 29
Sheep and goat 8.5% 1.7% 703 17
Poultry 0.2% 1.3% 680 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.