Datasheet Agriculture
Tiers/ Tires
Tiers (Image: Tourismusverein Tiers)
Tiers/ Tires <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 72 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 0 5
Cattle farms 51.4% 3.4% 37 17
Number of cattle per holder 16.5 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 16.3 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 30.6% 62.3% 22 307
Part-time farms 68.1% 34.7% 49 171
Other farms 1.4% 3.0% 1 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 272 2698
Family labour 97.1% 66.6% 264 1798
Non-family labour 2.9% 33.4% 8 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 905 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.0% 26.6% 0 923
Arable land (ha) 0.4% 1.3% 4 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 99.6% 57.1% 901 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 536 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 88.6% 90.0% 612 158
Horses 4.3% 1.3% 23 2
Pigs 2.4% 5.7% 42 29
Sheep and goat 4.5% 1.7% 162 17
Poultry 0.3% 1.3% 443 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.