Equipment

Until 1988, data on the stock of agricultural and forestry equipment was collected at approximately six-yearly intervals in separate surveys. Since Austria's accession to the EU in 1995, only data on selected equipment (such as tractors, combine harvesters and harvesters) has been collected at irregular intervals as part of the Farm Structure Survey (1995, 1997, 1999, 2005).

Increasing use of external equipment

Most recently, data on key agricultural and forestry equipment was collected as part of the 2005 Farm Structure Survey. A total of 331 528 tractors were recorded on Austrian agricultural holdings, corresponding to a slight decrease of 4 200 or 1.3% over the previous survey in 1999. However, farmers once again invested in the purchase of more powerful tractors. While stock in the size category below 40 kW decreased by 40 446 tractors (-20.5%), which is undoubtedly also due to the decline in agricultural and forestry holdings since 1999, significant increases were generally recorded in the higher categories (60 to less than 80 kW and 80 to less than 100 kW: both +63.1%; 100 kW and above: +111.2%). However, tractors below 40 kW still accounted for the greatest share (47.3%) of tractors in Austria, numbering 156 936.

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Machinery and equipment 1995, 1999 und 2005

Standard documentation, meta information: Farm Structure Survey (sample survey 2005) (PDF, 330 KB)

Standard documentation, meta information: Farm Structure Survey (sample survey 2007) (PDF, 330 KB)

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