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As per 1 January 2015, a total of 28 500 holdings kept livestock.

Livestock husbandry1 January 2015, preliminary figures

Content

About the statistics

Definitions

Name and topic

Name: Livestock husbandry
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing

Next release

Responsible division

Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Not relevant

Standard classifications

Not relevant

Administrative information

Regional level

County, municipality

Frequency and timeliness

Annual.

International reporting

Not relevant

Microdata

Primary data is stored at Statistics Norway.

Background

Background and purpose

The purpose is to chart the extent of livestock keeping at the municipal level. Information from this register has been used since 1984.

Users and applications

The statistics is used by the Norwegian Institute for Land Inventory (NIJOS), Norwegian Agricultural Economic Research Institute (NILF), public enterprises at the municipal and county level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, in research and by agricultural organizations.

Equal treatment of users

Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics

Not relevant

Legal authority

Statistics Act §§2-1, 3-2.

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

The population covers everyone who applies for agricultural production subsidies as of 1 January. Those who do not have the right to production subsidies or do not apply for other reasons are not covered by the statistics.

Data sources and sampling

The administrative record of everyone who applies for an agricultural production subsidy from the Norwegian Agricultural Authority is the compilation basis of the statistics. The register contains information on number of livestock on holdings.

Only one production subsidy is given per holding. A holding is an agricultural enterprise including livestock keeping. The holding includes everything operated as a unit.

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Collection of data, editing and estimations

Five per cent of the applications are also selected for special control. The control shall cover all reports submitted by the applicant on physical censuses of animals and measuring of areas. A number of machine controls of the material are also carried out. Statistics Norway also runs some machine controls upon receipt of the data material.

 

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Figures are not presented if there is a risk of identifying any unit.

Comparability over time and space

Since 1984 the statistics on area use and livestock keeping are based on applications for production subsidies.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

The Agricultural Authority in the municipality shall ensure that the applications are in compliance with production subsidy regulations.

Revision

Not relevant