Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research Account statistics for agriculture 2017 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        6   13   10   20 Age of farmer        48   50   48   51 Agricultural land   decares    143   196   144   188    Rented   decares    64   119   62   108 Agricultural assets   1000 NOK    1099.7   1936.8   1866.5   2313.1    Stocks   1000 NOK    40.6   69.3   44.6   72.7    Livestock   1000 NOK    17.9   31.4   18.2   35.2    Machinery and equipment   1000 NOK    92.4   202.9   177.2   260.9    Tractors   1000 NOK    6.0   32.6   91.1   103.0    Outbuildings   1000 NOK    673.0   1122.5   1194.4   1348.8    Farmland etc.   1000 NOK    269.8   478.1   341.2   492.5 Total labour input (agriculture)   hours    2753   2931   2863   2966    Family   hours    2099   2055   2251   2229 Land use:                 Potatoes   decares      0.3     0.2    Coarse fodder and pasture   decares    141.3   194.6   143.6   187.4    Other   decares    1.3   0.9   0.8   0.6 Crops per decare:                 Potatoes   kg      775     775    Coarse fodder and pasture   FUm    171   194   202   206    Total   FUm    170   193   201   205 Goat farming:                 Dairy goats   no.    96.0   142.7   100.7   132.8 Goats in balance (average):                 Dairy goats >2 years   no.    99   134   103   126    Goats< 9 months   no.    31   44   32   40    Milk/dairy goat   litres    688   690   747   726    Milk sold   litres    62855   93762   68102   88882    Milk quota   l    67019   96622   70713   90759    Coarse fodder/dairy goat   decares    1.5   1.4   1.4   1.4 Variable costs/dairy goat   NOK    2416   2380   2586   2517    Purchase of fodder   NOK    1766   1710   1849   1771 Milk price excl. production allowances   NOK/litre    6.70   6.42   6.77   6.64    Other allowances milk   NOK/litre    4.36   4.20   4.06   4.16 Total output milk   1000 NOK    421.0   602.3   461.3   589.8    Production allowances   1000 NOK    140.1   140.1   140.1   140.1    Other allowances milk   1000 NOK    274.3   394.0   276.6   369.9 Total output meat and br.goats   1000 NOK    3.2   6.7   7.8   16.6 Allowances meat   1000 NOK    9.4   13.9   9.8   14.3 Other animal husbandry   1000 NOK      3.9   4.6   6.8 Net mechanisation costs/decare   1000 NOK    0.9   1.2   1.0   1.2 Gross margin/decare   1000 NOK    6.6   6.4   6.8   6.4 Return to labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   388.1   428.2   367.7   411.9 Return to fam. labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   395.9   461.5   370.7   432.0 Family labour income agriculture/man-year   1000 NOK    399.3   470.8   367.6   430.4 Tax corrected return/man-year   1000 NOK   431.1   468.2   408.5   451.2   1)1 decare = 0.1 hectar