Agriculture
| Since Austria is mountainous, it does not favour the growth of Austrian agriculture. The main agricultural regions are the High and Low Austria, Styrie and Burgenland. Moreover, the peculiarity of the Austrian agriculture is the large number of farms managed in part-time. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 1,479,000 hectares in Austria. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Sugar beets
|
2,600,000
|
43,219
|
601,587
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Corn
|
1,800,000
|
187,802
|
95,846
|
Wheat
|
1,313,000
|
293,8
|
44,69
|
Barley
|
854,7
|
223,762
|
45,614
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Potatoes
|
496,302
|
23,737
|
209,084
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Poultry
|
360,812
|
Pigs
|
3,790,000
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Cattle
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2,150,000
|
Horses
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75,347
|
Goats
|
54,2
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
3 Mt.
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0 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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