Storage and dispersal of domestic animal manure

7   Holdings with spreading of livestock manure on madows for mowing and pastures and area of madows that were fertilized, by time of spreading1. 2000*
  With spreading on madows for mowing and pastures, total Area of madows for mowing and pastures fertilized at least once2 With spreading in spring Area fertilized in spring With spreading in summer Area fertilized in summer With spreading in autumn Area fertilized in autumn
  Decares Decares Decares   Decares
The whole country 29 952 2 530 389 26 478 2 203 894 21 114 1 627 472 5 527 254 379
                 
Region                
South-Eastern Norway 2 886 193 071 2 279 145 066 1 962 122 529 310 13 244
Hedmark and Oppland 3 125 230 772 2 420 169 293 2 054 142 526 432 16 243
Rogaland 4 651 457 879 4 383 423 138 3 725 315 191 331 14 559
Western Norway 10 751 756 297 9 682 690 364 7 402 502 008 2 225 89 304
Trøndelag 4 971 520 838 4 613 456 448 4 173 385 891 1 047 49 664
Northern Norway 3 567 371 532 3 102 319 585 1 799 159 326 1 183 71 366
                 
Main production                
Cattle 21 230 2 133 159 19 682 1 896 786 16 962 1 424 297 4 540 226 998
Pork 918 78 151 850 71 660 711 53 524 126 6 437
Sheep and goat 6 957 266 684 5 203 191 986 2 962 117 089 791 18 909
Poultry 502 36 957 445 29 720 371 25 540 44 1 507
Horse, farmraised fur-bearing animals and rabbit 345 15 438 298 13 742 109 7 021 27 529
                 
Agricultural area in use                
  0-  4 decares - - - - - - - -
  5- 74 ' 5 261 124 983 4 226 104 359 2 076 52 523 672 11 790
 75-149 ' 9 429 586 287 8 440 506 257 6 418 360 019 1 658 64 114
150-249 ' 9 746 1 006 967 9 007 903 708 7 931 681 966 2 135 109 136
250-    ' 5 516 812 152 4 805 689 569 4 688 532 964 1 062 69 339
1  Not included meadows that were plought and sawed with grass again.
2  The same area could be fertilized at points of time.

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