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Farm type: Organic
Staff:No staff, only family labour
Livestock:
Dairy cows: 10
Horses: 2
Milk production: (litres per cow per year) 5200 l
Land data:
Size: 31,3 ha; 19,5 ha owned agricultural land, 11,9 ha share of common land
Soil type: sandy and light soil
Forage and land use:
19,5 ha permanent grassland
9,5 ha forest
Feeding:
Feeding strategy: access to feed limited for less than 3 hours per day
How much of the feed is roughage? > 90 %
Local engagement:
Maintain areas of public access, permissive public access, about 4 visitors come through the farm gate.
farm walks
Energy usage per year:
Tractor diesel: 570 litres
Electricity (farm usage only): 5.000 kWh
IN | OUT | Balance | ||
N | 2.729 | 308 | 2.421 | |
P | 23 | 56 | -33 | |
K | 90 | 78 | 12 |
Biodiversity and nature conservation:
No conservation plan, participation environmental programmes.
Permanent pasture: 19,5 ha, forest: 9,5 ha
Rapid sustainability analysis:
Please note: All data above is from 2010 and may vary from year to year.
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