Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research Account statistics for agriculture 2015 Main table 17g, 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        7   13   11   20 Age of farmer        44   47   45   48 Agricultural land   decares    147   170   147   168    Rented   decares    62   91   60   87 Agricultural assets   1000 NOK    1180.9   1882.3   1857.8   2265.1    Stocks   1000 NOK    39.6   50.3   46.1   58.5    Livestock   1000 NOK    17.4   28.3   23.9   33.8    Machinery and equipment   1000 NOK    150.9   196.8   196.9   219.9    Tractors   1000 NOK    55.7   43.0   134.6   131.3    Outbuildings   1000 NOK    654.3   1084.3   1148.1   1353.7    Farmland etc.   1000 NOK    263.0   479.6   308.2   467.9 Total labour input (agriculture)   hours    2621   2876   2781   2951    Family   hours    2067   2072   2228   2267 Land use:                 Potatoes   decares    0.1   0.2   0.1   0.1    Coarse fodder and pasture   decares    147.1   170.2   146.4   167.8    Other   decares    0.1   0.1   0.1   0.2 Crops per decare:                 Potatoes   kg    1000   700   1000   700    Coarse fodder and pasture   FUm    173   203   215   230    Total   FUm    173   202   214   230 Goat farming:                 Dairy goats   no.    99.4   133.0   103.1   127.1 Goats in balance (average):                 Dairy goats >2 years   no.    98   134   115   138    Goats< 9 months   no.    33   38   30   32    Milk/dairy goat   litres    656   742   725   763    Milk sold   litres    62052   93695   68248   89599    Milk quota   l    70126   95575   72221   90115    Coarse fodder/dairy goat   decares    1.5   1.3   1.4   1.3 Variable costs/dairy goat   NOK    2420   2635   2492   2704    Purchase of fodder   NOK    1747   1929   1764   1927 Milk price excl. production allowances   NOK/litre    6.94   6.37   6.78   6.50    Other allowances milk   NOK/litre    4.17   4.19   3.88   4.07 Total output milk   1000 NOK    430.6   596.7   462.7   582.7    Production allowances   1000 NOK    133.0   133.0   125.5   128.9    Other allowances milk   1000 NOK    258.8   392.4   265.0   364.8 Total output meat and br.goats   1000 NOK    2.7   5.3   5.6   12.3 Allowances meat   1000 NOK    6.8   7.4   7.2   8.9 Other animal husbandry   1000 NOK      4.8   7.6   8.1 Net mechanisation costs/decare   1000 NOK    1.8   1.7   1.5   1.5 Gross margin/decare   1000 NOK    6.1   6.9   6.6   6.9 Return to labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   295.7   377.2   338.6   386.2 Return to fam. labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   281.4   373.6   335.6   388.4 Family labour income agriculture/man-year   1000 NOK    288.1   391.2   333.7   392.7 Tax corrected return/man-year   1000 NOK   341.5   419.2   383.6   428.5   1)1 decare = 0.1 hectar