Datasheet Agriculture
Ostallgäu
Neuschwanstein Castle, Forggensee Lake and Bannwaldsee Lake (Image: Josef Aistleitner)
Ostallgäu <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 3380 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 5
Cattle farms 89.0% 3.4% 3008 17
Number of cattle per holder 46.2 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 22.6 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 70.6% 62.3% 2324 307
Part-time farms 29.4% 34.7% 968 171
Other farms % 3.0% 88 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 9263 2698
Family labour 92.7% 66.6% 8591 1798
Non-family labour 4.7% 33.4% 435 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 76251 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.0% 26.6% 10 923
Arable land (ha) 9.5% 1.3% 7267 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 90.4% 57.1% 68950 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 116263 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 97.1% 90.0% 138888 158
Horses % 1.3% 2
Pigs 3.5% 5.7% 13408 29
Sheep and goat 0.5% 1.7% 4210 17
Poultry 0.1% 1.3% 19825 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.