Sample survey of agriculture and forestry, 2007, preliminary figures

In 2007, 20 100 holdings in agriculture were engaged in some sort of supplementary industry. Of these, 8 900 holdings were engaged in two or more supplementary industries. In this context, supplementary industry refers to an activity that uses the land, buildings or machinery belonging to the holding. In total, 20 different categories of supplementary industries were registered. The most common activities were machinery-related services, renting out hunting and fishing rights, renting out farm buildings or farmhouse, farm tourism and processing of timber for sale.

Variation in gross income

In total, the gross income from supplementary industries constituted NOK 2.2 billion in 2007. In general, there was considerable variation in the size of gross income among the holdings. Nearly half of the holdings had gross income lower than NOK 50 000, whereas 6 per cent had gross income higher than NOK 500 000. Machinery-related services were carried out by around 8 100 holdings, of which 7 600 provided information on gross income. The total gross income from machinery-related services amounted to NOK 730 million, or an average of NOK 96 000 per holding.

Smaller irrigable area

In 2007, altogether 8 500 holdings, or 17 per cent had irrigation installations. The corresponding figures in 1999 were 12 500 or 18 per cent of the holdings. The irrigable land comprised 11 per cent of the agricultural area in use in 2007, a decrease of 2 percentage points since 1999.

Tables:

• Table 1 Holdings with supplementary industry, by county. 2006/07*
• Table 2 Holdings with various supplementary industries, by size of gross income. 2006*
• Table 3 Gross income in supplementary industries in agriculture. 2006*. NOK 1 000
• Table 4 Holdings with irrigation installations and irrigable agricultual area. 2007