Datasheet Agriculture
Eisacktal/ Valle Isarco
Brixen/Bressanone (Image: Dr. Hans Gschnitzer)
Eisacktal/ Valle Isarco <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 2928 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 15 5
Cattle farms 44.6% 3.4% 1305 17
Number of cattle per holder 14.5 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 11.1 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 37.4% 62.3% 1094 307
Part-time farms 58.6% 34.7% 1716 171
Other farms 4.0% 3.0% 118 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 11826 2698
Family labour 90.3% 66.6% 10682 1798
Non-family labour 9.7% 33.4% 1144 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 21297 3464
Vinyards (ha) 1.5% 14.5% 318 503
Orchards (ha) 4.5% 26.6% 965 923
Arable land (ha) 2.8% 1.3% 602 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 92.1% 57.1% 19622 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 17339 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 90.7% 90.0% 18951 158
Horses 2.9% 1.3% 501 2
Pigs 3.1% 5.7% 1785 29
Sheep and goat 2.9% 1.7% 3380 17
Poultry 0.4% 1.3% 19037 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.