Organic farming

Table 1 Organic farming entities in agriculture by legal forms, 30 September 2005

Table contains data on number of active reporting units in agriculture and its utilised agricultural land broken down by legal forms.

Table 2 Workers worked between October 2004 and September 2005: by age groups

Data on labour force included in the tables cover period of 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005. Natural and legal persons filled in data on labour force separately in several section of questionnaire. Final tables originated from respective section of questionnaire.

According to EU methodology, all employed persons and family members aged 15+ and non-family workers paid by agricultural holding and who carried out agricultural work regularly between October 2004 and September 2005 are included into labour force of the holding of natural persons.

They are:
· The holder’s family members without any contract of employment with the farm
· The holder’s family members with a contract of employment with the farm
· Other workers in the farm not related to the holder’s family with a contract of employment with the farm

The holder’s family members are the spouse and children, the holder’s parents, the spouse’s parents, relatives obtained by entry into marriage or adoption, brothers and sisters of the holder and of the holder’s spouse. If they carry out agricultural work, enter these persons in the section even if they do not live in the household with the holder.

Holdings of legal persons supplied data for their employed persons in major occupation, for both their employees and working holders, whose work in the holding is their only (main) occupation.

Workers employed on farms are broken down by age groups regardless of workload. The holder’s family members are included regardless of they are employed or not.

Table 3 Workers: by hours worked between October 2004 and September 2005

Data on workers are broken down by number of hours worked between October 2004 and September 2005. The basis for the annual availability of working hours is set as 1 800 hours and is based on the number of working days with 8 working hours a day minus minimum statutory claim for holiday and minus the average number of hours not worked for incapacity for work. This number corresponds to full-time jobs.

Table 4 Workers, AWU

Data in table expressed agricultural labour input after the conversion of workers divided into category according to number of hours worked between October 2004 and September 2005. The basis for the annual availability of working hours is set as 1 800 hours and is based on the number of working days with 8 working hours a day minus minimum statutory claim for holiday and minus the average number of hours not worked for incapacity for work.

Data came from previous table multiplying number of workers in category by respective coefficient of the category. Category under 450 hours worked – 0,125; 450 till 899 – 0,375; 900 till 1 349 – 0,625; 1 350 till 1 799 – 0,875; 1 800 and more hours worked – 1.

Table 5 Seasonal workers: by hours worked between October 2004 and September 2005

Seasonal workers, surveyed in both type of holdings, are workers employed irregularly, working at work peaks or in another enterprise in addition to their major occupation. Conversion of the work of seasonal employees into days worked: total hours worked by seasonal employees divided by 8 (full working hours per day under the law).

Table 6 Utilised agricultural area, ha
Area of utilised agricultural land and arable land in hectares included in the table is broken down by registered organic farms and farms in conversion period to organic farming.

Table 7 Fruit trees (bushes), area of orchards

Number of fruit trees or bushes included in the table is broken down by individual species, i.e. intensive, new planted and also old trees. Total number of trees (bushes) including trees in the gardens and yards, balks, along the road etc. is contained in column 1 of the table. Orchards with regularly treatment and production determined for market are considered to be intensive.

Area of utilised orchards from table 10 there is worked out in detail by individual fruit species.

Table 8 Areas under cover, m2

Table is designed for data on individual kinds of area under cover broken down by use.

Table 9 Special modes of farming, set-aside land

Pursuant to Act No. 114/1992 Sb. on the Protection of Nature and Landscape, especially protected areas include national parks, protected landscape areas, national nature reserves and national monuments.

Pursuant to Act No. 254/2001 Sb., land under special mode of farming, stipulated due to water protection, includes zones of the protection of the yield and quality (incl. health aspects) groundwater and surface water resources designed for drinking water supplies.

Less favoured areas are listed in the annex to Government Regulation No. 241/2004 Sb., on the Conditions for the Implementation of Assistance to Less Favoured Areas and Areas with Environmental Limits.

Area of arable land turned into permanent grassland is classified as land referring to setting land aside with entitlement to subsidies pursuant to Government Regulation No. 242/2004 Sb., on the Conditions for the Implementation of Measures to Support the Development of Non-wood production Functions of the Forest, which Consist in the Protection of Environment Components (on the Implementation of Agro-environmental Measures for short).

Area of agricultural land afforested and area of agricultural land with fast-growing tree species refer to setting agricultural land aside with entitlement to subsidies pursuant to Government Regulation No. 308/2004 Sb., on the Setting of Certain Conditions for the Providing of Subsidies on the Afforestation of Agricultural Land and the Establishment of Stands of Fast Growing Tree Species on Arable Land, Designed for the Production of Energy.

There is also included area of agricultural land with herbs for energy use, e.g. Sorrel (Rumex OK2 Uteuša).

Table 10 Land use

Data on areas under agricultural crops grown as a main crop in the reference year are reported in the table. These areas under crops include arable areas under crops in particular, but they also include areas under crops in plantations and market gardens as well in permanent grassland ploughed temporarily. Areas under successive secondary crops are reported at the end of the section.

Open field production refers to growing vegetables (strawberries) in the framework of the agricultural crop rotation system.

Market gardening production refers to growing vegetables (strawberries) in the framework of the garden crops rotation system. The areas used in a given year for growing vegetables shall only be reported once, irrespective of the number of harvests.

Other crops on arable land include area of arable land with herbs for energy use (area of Sorrel).

Kitchen gardens are plots of land where vegetables, flowers and other garden crops are grown permanently, usually for own consumption, as well as plots of land uninterruptedly planted with fruit trees or fruit bushes up to an area of 0,25 ha; as a rule, they make one unit with residential and farm buildings.

Permanent grasslands include also area of arable land turned into permanent grassland.

Other permanent crops include open-air permanent crops in particular those for planting or weaving (e.g. osiers).

Forestland total refers to areas covered with forest trees or bushes and with nurseries on forestland, not for commercial use (they actually cater for the holding’s needs). There is also included area of agricultural land afforested and area of agricultural land with fast growing tree species.

Other areas include parks, yards, roads, and parking, handling and storing areas.

Successive secondary crops include crops sown after/before a main crop and harvested in the 12-month period observed. Where more successive crops are grown, the area for each of the crops shall be reported. Kitchen gardens, crops under cover or market gardening is excluded.

Tables 11 till 14 show number of livestock that are on the day of survey in the direct possession or management of the holding. These animals are not necessarily the property of the holder. There are also included animals stabled for other people (e.g. horses).

Table 11 Cattle, 30 September 2005

Young bulls and heifers under 1 year include female (male) bovine animals under one year old, including calves.

Heifers for production and breeding over 1 to 2 years old includes female bovine animals not yet calved, including. in-calf heifers.

Dairy cows are cows kept for breeding only or mainly for the production of milk for human consumption or for further processing to dairy products.

Suckler cows, cull and fattened cows are kept, due to their breed or particular properties, exclusively or only for the production of calves and whose milk is not meant for human consumption or further processing to dairy products. Count in other cull cows, too.

Table 14 Equidae and other animals, 30 September 2005

Table shows number of horses including riding and racehorses and horses used only for holder’s own family leisure purposes.

Table 15 Farm-produced natural fertilizers and storage facilities

A solid dung storage facility is only a consolidated dung heap/hole on an impervious surface, provided with a barrier that prevents liquid from outflowing. Neither the floor area of stables with deep bedding nor field dung heaps are counted in. A storage facility for liquid manure/slurry refers to a watertight tank, open or covered, or to a lined lagoon.

Storage capacities in terms of months over which the facility can accommodate the natural fertilizers produced in the holding, without any leaks or pollution to the surroundings, broken down by type of natural fertilizers of animal origin.

Table 16 Machinery and equipment, 30 September 2005

Table includes total number of machines owned by reporting unit (including financial leasing), irrespective of their conditions and operability.

Tractors wheeled and track laying broken down by power includes only two-axle tractors and small-size tractors.

Cultivators and hoeing machines includes all types of machinery ploughing and for pre-sowing preparation of soil.

Combine harvesters and potato harvesters are machines self-propelled, tractor-drawn or tractor-mounted designed for harvesting crops, combine harvesters are used for harvesting cereals including grain maize, leguminous crops, oleaginous crops, and grass seeds.

Beet harvesters fully mechanised are machines capable of cutting off tops and harvesting tubers in one operation. Where several machines with different functions are used for split harvesting, only one machine shall be counted in.

Irrigation equipment stationary and mobile are machinery used to grow field crops (not for market gardening or crops under glass). The stationary irrigation equipment cannot be moved to another plot of land, where mobile or portable can be moved to another field.

Table 17 Agricultural services

Table presents numbers of reporting units by the type of agricultural services that the reporting unit hires or provides on the basis of contract.

Services in animal production include herd testing, castrating, splitting of poultry by sex and associated activities, and grazing animals, cleaning of stable areas, artificial insemination.

Table 18 Non-agricultural activities for rural development

Non-agricultural activities for rural development include all gainful activities that do not comprise any farm work and have an economic benefit for the reporting unit. Activities carried out for the needs of the farm only are not counted in.

Production of electricity from renewable sources is entered if the electricity is produced for market in technical units (kJ). Electricity produced for own consumption or sale of energy producing materials (wood, straw) for the production of electricity is excluded.

Trading activity includes direct sale to customers of own agricultural products in own outlet or directly from the process.

Other non-agricultural activity includes e.g. contractual work (clearing of snow, cleaning of municipalities, environmental protection, etc.) carried out by the reporting unit.

Table 19 Own consumption of agricultural products in the household (farm)

Includes own-production products consumed in the reference period as foodstuffs in the households of holdings of agricultural producers and own-production products of the reporting unit given to employees as wages in kind.

The symbol of dash (-) in place of a figure indicates that the phenomenon did not occur.
The symbol of horizontal small cross (x) shows that the figure is not applicable.
The symbol of zero (0) in tables designates figures smaller than a half of the unit of measure chosen.