Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research Account statistics for agriculture 2018 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        5   13   9   19 Age of farmer        48   51   48   51 Agricultural land   decares    134   206   140   205    Rented   decares    57   124   58   119 Agricultural assets   1000 NOK    862.8   1867.8   1781.5   2354.9    Stocks   1000 NOK    31.5   72.5   41.1   68.1    Livestock   1000 NOK    14.3   28.2   15.8   34.7    Machinery and equipment   1000 NOK    60.2   184.0   189.1   289.5    Tractors   1000 NOK    7.7   29.2   88.5   90.9    Outbuildings   1000 NOK    519.1   1075.0   1120.7   1360.0    Farmland etc.   1000 NOK    230.1   479.0   326.4   511.6 Total labour input (agriculture)   hours    2608   3022   2732   3060    Family   hours    2044   1992   2194   2209 Land use:                 Potatoes   decares      0.3     0.2    Coarse fodder and pasture   decares    134.4   205.0   139.6   204.0    Other   decares      1.0     0.7 Crops per decare:                 Potatoes   kg      225     225    Coarse fodder and pasture   FUm    152   193   172   192    Total   FUm    152   192   172   191 Goat farming:                 Dairy goats   no.    90.0   141.7   99.8   137.1 Goats in balance (average):                 Dairy goats >2 years   no.    92   129   102   129    Goats< 9 months   no.    29   45   27   41    Milk/dairy goat   litres    634   656   728   698    Milk sold   litres    54246   88465   65238   88200    Milk quota   l    64732   98707   69852   94631    Coarse fodder/dairy goat   decares    1.5   1.5   1.4   1.5 Variable costs/dairy goat   NOK    2666   2549   2729   2765    Purchase of fodder   NOK    1900   1820   1985   1942 Milk price excl. production allowances   NOK/litre    6.80   6.49   6.76   6.67    Other allowances milk   NOK/litre    4.41   4.44   3.90   4.30 Total output milk   1000 NOK    368.9   573.9   441.0   588.2    Production allowances   1000 NOK    164.1   164.1   164.1   164.1    Other allowances milk   1000 NOK    239.1   393.2   254.6   379.6 Total output meat and br.goats   1000 NOK    -0.3   2.5   5.8   14.7 Allowances meat   1000 NOK    10.3   17.5   9.7   17.2 Other animal husbandry   1000 NOK      2.8   0.7   2.9 Net mechanisation costs/decare   1000 NOK    0.4   1.0   0.7   1.0 Gross margin/decare   1000 NOK    6.8   6.1   7.1   6.2 Return to labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   412.8   422.6   407.4   419.3 Return to fam. labour and own cap./man-year   1000 NOK   426.2   436.3   414.1   428.1 Family labour income agriculture/man-year   1000 NOK    431.1   440.4   409.5   423.1 Tax corrected return/man-year   1000 NOK   458.1   461.7   450.2   457.6   1)1 decare = 0.1 hectar