Datasheet Agriculture
Mals/ Malles Venosta
district Burgeis, Mals (Image: Dr. Hans Gschnitzer)
Mals/ Malles Venosta <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 362 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 2 5
Cattle farms 82.3% 3.4% 298 17
Number of cattle per holder 16.9 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 31.1 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 69.1% 62.3% 250 307
Part-time farms 26.5% 34.7% 96 171
Other farms 4.4% 3.0% 16 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 1402 2698
Family labour 96.7% 66.6% 1356 1798
Non-family labour 3.3% 33.4% 46 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 10357 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.1% 26.6% 10 923
Arable land (ha) 0.6% 1.3% 63 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 99.3% 57.1% 10284 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 4526 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 87.8% 90.0% 5050 158
Horses 1.5% 1.3% 67 2
Pigs 3.1% 5.7% 462 29
Sheep and goat 6.8% 1.7% 2061 17
Poultry 0.9% 1.3% 9829 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.