Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research *) Account statistics for agriculture 2009 Main table 17h, part 1. Summary of accounts for production of goat milk   Regions   Northern Norway   All           Size groups   decares1)   100-200   All   100-200   All   Number of holdings        6   13   13   23 Age of farmer        50   48   45   47 Agricultural land   decares    139   145   145   137    Rented   decares    30   69   47   57 Agricultural assets   1000 NOK    908.0   1208.0   1054.5   1159.0    Stocks   1000 NOK    36.6   35.3   42.9   40.7    Livestock   1000 NOK    18.4   22.0   31.5   28.0    Machinery and equipment   1000 NOK    88.4   93.8   117.7   118.5    Tractors   1000 NOK    10.1   57.8   93.0   103.0    Outbuildings   1000 NOK    475.8   724.6   498.8   605.4    Farmland etc.   1000 NOK    278.8   274.4   270.6   263.3 Total labour input (agriculture)   hours    3020   2938   3376   3144    Family   hours    2288   2287   2591   2472 Land use:                 Potatoes   decares    0.3   0.3   0.2   0.2    Coarse fodder and pasture   decares    138.5   144.8   144.9   136.3    Other   decares    0.3   0.2   0.2   0.1 Crops per decare:                 Potatoes   kg    1000   1275   1000   1275    Coarse fodder and pasture   FUm    208   194   221   220    Total   FUm    208   194   221   220 Goat farming:                 Dairy goats   no.    84.8   91.5   87.7   90.3 Goats in balance (average):                 Dairy goats >2 years   no.    78   88   87   92    Goats< 9 months   no.    35   39   29   30    Milk/dairy goat   litres    779   756   746   733    Milk sold   litres    59133   63520   58718   60257    Milk quota   l    71243   71362   64544   65438    Coarse fodder/dairy goat   decares    1.6   1.6   1.7   1.5 Variable costs/dairy goat   NOK    2344   2333   2233   2227    Purchase of fodder   NOK    1673   1625   1527   1527 Milk price excl. production allowances   NOK/litre    5.26   4.99   5.06   4.92    Other allowances milk   NOK/litre    4.13   4.05   3.89   3.88 Total output milk   1000 NOK    311.1   316.6   297.2   296.4    Production allowances   1000 NOK    71.6   71.6   67.1   69.1    Other allowances milk   1000 NOK    244.1   257.1   228.5   234.1 Total output meat and br.goats   1000 NOK    8.4   15.0   17.4   17.8 Allowances meat   1000 NOK    6.9   8.7   7.2   8.1 Other animal husbandry   1000 NOK    1.4   0.8   12.2   7.0 Net mechanisation costs/decare   1000 NOK    0.9   0.9   0.8   0.9 Gross margin/decare   1000 NOK    5.2   5.1   4.9   5.2 Return to labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   261.1   267.3   235.6   245.2 Return to fam. labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   248.5   258.5   221.1   232.9 Family labour income agriculture/man-year   1000 NOK    243.1   262.4   213.8   228.6 Tax corrected return/man-year   1000 NOK   294.8   302.0   266.0   277.4   1)1 decare = 0.1 hectar

*) Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute pre 2015