Datasheet Agriculture
Berchtesgadener Land
Berchtesgaden with Watzmann (Image: Kurdirektion Berchtesgadener Land, Ammon)
Berchtesgadener Land <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 1546 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 5
Cattle farms 81.8% 3.4% 1264 17
Number of cattle per holder 29.1 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 12.9 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 36.1% 62.3% 552 307
Part-time farms 63.9% 34.7% 975 171
Other farms % 3.0% 19 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 4087 2698
Family labour 95.4% 66.6% 3900 1798
Non-family labour 2.0% 33.4% 81 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 19898 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.1% 26.6% 16 923
Arable land (ha) 16.4% 1.3% 3267 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 83.5% 57.1% 16614 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 29163 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 96.3% 90.0% 36795 158
Horses 3.0% 1.3% 888 2
Pigs 2.4% 5.7% 2367 29
Sheep and goat 2.0% 1.7% 3821 17
Poultry 0.1% 1.3% 7484 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.