Table 1.
List of variables used for assessing demographic farm data
| Variable | Unit categories |
|---|---|
| Surface of farm | < 10 ha |
| 10-15 ha | |
| 16-25 ha | |
| > 25 ha | |
| Number of dairy cows on farm | < 10; 10-15; 16-25; > 25 |
| Number of calves on farm | continouus |
| Number of heifers on farm | continouus |
| Expenditure of time for farming by the farm owner | 100% |
| < 50% | |
| > 50% | |
| Total equivalents of manpower on farm | Only 1 person……% |
| Additional person 1 ……% | |
| Additional person 2 …..% | |
| Additional person 3……% | |
| Main income | Dairy |
| Veal calves | |
| Beef | |
| Egg production | |
| Broilers | |
| Special production label | None |
| BIO Suisse (organic) | |
| IP Suisse (integrated production) | |
| Terra Suisse | |
| Naturaplan | |
| Heifer rearing | Only own heifers on own farm |
| Only own heifers at external rearing farm | |
| Own heifers and purchases at external rearing farm | |
| Own heifers and purchases at own farm | |
| Only purchases | |
| Number of purchases previous 12 months | None |
| Heifers 1-3 | |
| Heifers > 3 | |
| Cows 1-3 | |
| Cows > 3 | |
| Heifers 1-3 and cows 1-3 | |
| Housing dairy cows | Loose housing |
| Tie stall | |
| Housing heifers | Loose housing |
| Tie stall | |
| Number of cows going to communal alpine operation | 1-5 |
| 6-10 | |
| 11-15 | |
| > 15 |