Description of activity

NACE Rev. 2 code

Additional notes on activities included or excluded when defining agricultural activities

Growing of non-perennial crops

01.1

Growing of perennial crops

01.2

Agricultural holdings which produce wine or olive oil from self-produced grapes or olives are included within the scope of this Regulation.

Plant propagation

01.3

Animal production

01.4

All activities classified under 01.49 of NACE Rev. 2 (Raising of other animals) shall be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, except:

(i)  the raising and breeding of ostriches, emus and rabbits;

(ii)  bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax.

Mixed farming

01.5

Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities

01.6

In general, all holdings which carry out activities under 01.6 of NACE Rev. 2 are excluded from the scope of this Regulation if they are undertaken exclusively.

However, holdings exclusively maintaining agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition (under 01.61 of NACE Rev. 2) are included in the scope of this Regulation.

Characteristics

Threshold

Utilised agricultural area

Arable land, kitchen gardens, permanent grassland, permanent crops

5 ha

Permanent outdoor crops

Fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards and nurseries

1 ha

Other intensive production

Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries, which are outdoors or under low (not accessible) protective cover

0,5 ha

Tobacco

0,5 ha

Hops

0,5 ha

Cotton

0,5 ha

Crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries

0,1 ha

Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries)

0,1 ha

Bovine animals

All

10 Head

Pigs

All

50 Head

Breeding sows

10 Head

Sheep

All

20 Head

Goats

All

20 Head

Poultry

All

1 000 Head

CHARACTERISTICS

UNITS/CATEGORIES

I.  General characteristics

–  Location of the holding (1)

– –  NUTS (2) 3 region

NUTS 3 code

– –  Is the holding in a Less Favoured Area (LFA)?

L/M/N (3)

–  Legal personality of the holding

– –  Is the holding a common land unit?

Yes/No

– –  Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by:

– – –  a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent?

Yes/No

– – – –  If the answer to the previous question is ‘yes’, is this person (the holder) also the manager?

Yes/No

– – – – –  If this person is not the manager, is the manager a member of the holder's family?

Yes/No

– – – – –  If the manager is a member of the holder's family, is the manager the spouse of the holder?

Yes/No

– – –  one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding?

Yes/No

– – –  a legal person?

Yes/No

–  Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system

– –  Utilised agricultural area:

– – –  For owner farming

ha

– – –  For tenant farming

ha

– – –  For share farming or other modes

ha

– – –  Common land

ha

–  Organic farming

– –  Is organic farming practiced on the holding?

Yes/No

– –  Details (4)

– – –  Total utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied and certified according to national or European Union rules

ha

– – –  Total utilised agricultural area of the holding that is under conversion to organic farming production methods to be certified according to national or European Union rules

ha

– – –  Area of the holding on which organic farming production methods according to national or European Union rules are either applied and certified or under conversion to be certified:

– – – –  Cereals for the production of grain (including seed)

ha

– – – –  Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)

ha

– – – –  Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)

ha

– – – –  Sugar beet (excluding seed)

ha

– – – –  Oil seed crops

ha

– – – –  Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries

ha

– – – –  Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings

ha

– – – –  Fruit and berry plantations

ha

– – – –  Citrus plantations

ha

– – – –  Olive plantations

ha

– – – –  Vineyards

ha

– – – –  Other crops (fibre crops, etc.) including rough grazings

ha

– – –  Organic production methods applied to animal production and certified according to national or European Union rules:

– – – –  Bovine animals

Head

– – – –  Pigs

Head

– – – –  Sheep and goats

Head

– – – –  Poultry

Head

– – – –  Other animals

Yes/No

– –  Destination of the holding's production:

– – –  Household consumes more than 50 % of the value of the final production of the holding

Yes/No

– – –  Direct sale to final consumers represents more than 50 % of the total sales of the holding

Yes/No

II.  Land

–  Arable land

– –  Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):

– – –  Common wheat and spelt

ha

– – –  Durum wheat

ha

– – –  Rye

ha

– – –  Barley

ha

– – –  Oats

ha

– – –  Grain maize

ha

– – –  Rice

ha

– – –  Other cereals for the production of grain

ha

– –  Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)

ha

– – –  of which peas, field beans and sweet lupins

ha

– –  Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)

ha

– –  Sugar beet (excluding seed)

ha

– –  Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seed)

ha

– –  Industrial crops:

– – –  Tobacco

ha

– – –  Hops

ha

– – –  Cotton

ha

– – –  Rape and turnip rape

ha

– – –  Sunflower

ha

– – –  Soya

ha

– – –  Linseed (oil flax)

ha

– – –  Other oil seed crops

ha

– – –  Flax

ha

– – –  Hemp

ha

– – –  Other fibre crops

ha

– – –  Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants

ha

– – –  Other industrial crops not mentioned elsewhere

ha

– –  Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries of which:

– – –  Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

ha

– – – –  Open field

ha

– – – –  Market gardening

ha

– – –  Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

ha

– –  Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):

– – –  Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

ha

– – –  Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

ha

– –  Plants harvested green:

– – –  Temporary grass

ha

– – –  Other plants harvested green:

– – – –  Green maize

ha

– – – –  Leguminous plants

ha

– – – –  Other plants harvested green not mentioned elsewhere

ha

– –  Arable land seed and seedlings

ha

– –  Other arable land crops

ha

– –  Fallow land

ha

–  Kitchen gardens

ha

–  Permanent grassland

ha

– –  Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings

ha

– –  Rough grazings

ha

– –  Permanent grassland no longer used for production purposes and eligible for the payment of subsidies

ha

–  Permanent crops

– –  Fruit and berry plantations

ha

– – –  Fruit species, of which:

ha

– – – –  Fruit of temperate climate zones

ha

– – – –  Fruit of subtropical climate zones

ha

– – –  Berry species

ha

– – –  Nuts

ha

– –  Citrus plantations

ha

– –  Olive plantations

ha

– – –  Normally producing table olives

ha

– – –  Normally producing olives for oil production

ha

– –  Vineyards, of which normally producing:

ha

– – –  Quality wine

ha

– – –  Other wines

ha

– – –  Table grapes

ha

– – –  Raisins

ha

– –  Nurseries

ha

– –  Other permanent crops

ha

– –  Permanent crops under glass

ha

–  Other land

– –  Unutilised agricultural land

ha

– –  Wooded area

ha

– – –  of which short rotation coppices

ha

– –  Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)

ha

–  Mushrooms

ha

–  Energy crops

ha

–  Irrigation

– –  Irrigated area

– – –  Total irrigable area

ha

– – –  Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months

ha

– –  Irrigation methods employed

– – –  Surface irrigation (flooding, furrows)

Yes/No

– – –  Sprinkler irrigation

Yes/No

– – –  Drop irrigation

Yes/No

– –  Source of irrigation water used on the holding

– – –  On-farm ground water

Yes/No

– – –  On-farm surface water (ponds or dams)

Yes/No

– – –  Off-farm surface water from lakes, rivers or watercourses

Yes/No

– – –  Off-farm water from common water supply networks

Yes/No

– – –  Other sources

Yes/No

III.  Livestock

–  Equidae

Head

–  Bovine animals:

– –  Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female

Head

– –  Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, male

Head

– –  Bovine animals, one but less than two years old, female

Head

– –  Male bovine animals, two years old and over

Head

– –  Heifers, two years old and over

Head

– –  Dairy cows

Head

– –  Other cows

Head

–  Sheep and goats:

– –  Sheep (all ages)

Head

– – –  Breeding females

Head

– – –  Other sheep

Head

– –  Goats (all ages)

Head

– – –  Breeding females

Head

– – –  Other goats

Head

–  Pigs:

– –  Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms

Head

– –  Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over

Head

– –  Other pigs

Head

–  Poultry:

– –  Broilers

Head

– –  Laying hens

Head

– –  Other poultry:

Head

– – –  Turkeys

Head

– – –  Ducks

Head

– – –  Geese

Head

– – –  Ostriches

Head

– – –  Other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere

Head

–  Rabbits, breeding females

Head

–  Bees

Hives

–  Livestock not mentioned elsewhere

Yes/No

IV.  Labour force

IV.(i)  Farm work on the holding

–  Holder

– –  Gender

Male/Female

– –  Age

Age bands (5)

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 1 (6)

–  Manager

– –  Gender

Male/Female

– –  Age

Age bands (5)

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 2 (7)

–  Training of manager

– –  Agricultural training of manager

Training codes (8)

– –  Vocational training undertaken by the manager during the last 12 months

Yes/No

–  Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: male

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 2

–  Members of sole holder's family carrying out farm work for the holding: female

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 2

–  Non-family labour regularly employed: male

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 2

–  Non-family labour regularly employed: female

– –  Farm work on the holding (apart from housework)

AWU % band 2

–  Non-family labour employed on a non-regular basis: male and female

Full-time working days

IV.(ii)  Other gainful activities: Non-farm work on the holding (not directly related to the holding) and work outside the holding

–  Other gainful activities of the holder who is also the manager:

M/S/N (9)

–  Other gainful activities of the other members of the sole holder's family: main activity

Number of persons

–  Other gainful activities of the other members of the sole holder's family: secondary activity

Number of persons

V.  Other gainful activities of the holding (directly related to the holding)

V.(i)  List of other gainful activities

–  Provision of health, social or educational services

Yes/No

–  Tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities

Yes/No

–  Handicraft

Yes/No

–  Processing of farm products

Yes/No

–  Production of renewable energy

Yes/No

–  Wood processing (e.g. sawing)

Yes/No

–  Aquaculture

Yes/No

–  Contractual work (using production means of the holding)

– –  Agricultural (for other holdings)

Yes/No

– –  Non-agricultural

Yes/No

–  Forestry

Yes/No

–  Other

Yes/No

–  Who is involved?

– –  Holder who is also the manager

M/S/N (9)

– –  Other members of the sole holder's family, as their main activity

Number of persons

– –  Other members of the sole holder's family, as their secondary activity

Number of persons

– –  Non-family members regularly working on the holding, as their main activity

Number of persons

– –  Non-family members regularly working on the holding, as their secondary activity

Number of persons

V.(ii)  Importance of the other gainful activities directly related to the holding

–  Percentage of the final output of the holding

Percentage bands (10)

VI.  Support for rural development

–  Holding benefited from one of the rural development measures during the last 3 years (11)

Yes/No

– –  Participation of farmers in food quality schemes

Yes/No

– –  Payments linked to Natura 2000 and the Water Framework Directive (12)

Yes/No

– –  Agri-environment payments — climate payments

Yes/No

– –  Organic farming

Yes/No

– –  Animal welfare payments

Yes/No

– –  Investments in physical assets

Yes/No

– –  Prevention and restoration of damage to agricultural production potential by natural disasters and catastrophic events

Yes/No

– –  Farm and business development

Yes/No

– –  Investments in forest area development and viability of forests

Yes/No

– –  Afforestation and creation of woodland

Yes/No

– –  Establishment of agro-forestry systems

Yes/No

– –  Prevention and restoration of damage to forests

Yes/No

– –  Investments improving resilience and environmental value of forests

Yes/No

– –  Investments in forestry technologies and in processing in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products

Yes/No

– –  Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints

Yes/No

– –  Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation

Yes/No

– –  Risk management

Yes/No

VII.  Soil and manure management practices applied in agricultural holdings

–  Tillage methods (13) on outdoor arable land

– –  Conventional tillage

ha

– –  Conservation tillage

ha

– –  Zero tillage (excluding outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multi-annual plants)

ha

–  Soil cover (14) on outdoor arable land

– –  Normal winter crop

ha

– –  Cover crop or intermediate crop

ha

– –  Plant residues

ha

– –  Bare soil

ha

– –  Outdoor arable land areas which are covered by multi-annual plants

ha

–  Crop rotation on arable land

– –  Share of arable land included in crop rotation

AA % band (15)

–  Ecological focus area –total area of field margins, buffer strips, hedges, trees, fallow land, biotopes, afforested area and landscape features

ha (16)

–  Manure application techniques

– –  Broadcast

– – –  No incorporation

Manure % band (17)

– – –  Incorporation within 4 hours

Manure % band

– – –  Incorporation after 4 hours

Manure % band

– –  Bandspread

– – –  Trailing hose

Manure % band

– – –  Trailing shoe

Manure % band

– –  Injection

– – –  Shallow/open-slot

Manure % band

– – –  Deep/closed-slot

Manure % band

–  Manure import/export from the holding

– –  The total produced manure exported from the holding

Tonnes

– –  Manure imported to the holding

Tonnes

(1)   Geo-coordinates not to be provided in 2016

(2)   Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics

(3)   L- less-favoured non-mountainous area; M- less-favoured mountainous area; N- normal area (non-LFA) This classification may be adapted in the future in the light of developments on CAP 2020.

(4)   This section to be filled in only if an answer to the previous question was ‘Yes’

(5)   Age bands: (From school leaving age-24 years), (25-34), (35-39), (40-44), (45-54), (55-64), (65 and over).

(6)   Annual Work Unit (AWU) percentage band 1: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75-< 100), (100).

(7)   Annual Work Unit (AWU) percentage band 2: (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75-< 100), (100).

(8)   Training codes: (only practical agricultural experience), (basic agricultural training), (full agricultural training).

(9)   M — main activity, S — secondary activity, N — no involvement

(10)   Percentage bands: (≥ 0-≤ 10), (> 10-≤ 50), (> 50-< 100).

(11)   RD measures according to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487) — these characteristics should be available from administrative sources

(12)   Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).

(13)   Outdoor arable area under conventional tillage + outdoor arable area under conservation tillage + outdoor arable area under zero tillage + outdoor arable area covered by multiannual plants = total outdoor area of arable land

(14)   Outdoor arable area planted with normal winter crop + outdoor arable area planted with cover crop or intermediate crop + outdoor arable area covered with plant residues + outdoor arable area which is bare soil + outdoor arable area covered by multiannual plants = total outdoor area of arable land

(15)   Arable area (AA) percentage band: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75).

(16)   Only to be reported by farms with more than 15 ha of arable land

(17)   % of total manure applied with specific application technique: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75-< 100), (100)

Precision categories

Farm structure surveys 2013 and 2016

Survey on agricultural production methods

Prevalence of the characteristic in the NUTS 2 region

Relative standard error

Prevalence of the characteristic in the NUTS 2 region

Relative standard error

Crop characteristics of the agricultural holding

7,5 % or more of the utilised agricultural area

< 5 %

10 % or more of the utilised agricultural area

< 10 %

Livestock characteristics of the agricultural holding

7,5 % or more of the livestock units and more than 5 % of national share of each category

< 5 %

10 % or more of the livestock units and more than 5 % of national share of each category

< 10 %

Precision categories

Farm structure surveys 2013 and 2016

Survey on agricultural production methods

Prevalence of the characteristic in the associated NUTS 1 region with at least 1 000 holdings

Relative standard error

Prevalence of the characteristic in the associated NUTS 1 region with at least 1 000 holdings

Relative standard error

Crop characteristics of the agricultural holding

7,5 % or more of the utilised agricultural area

< 5 %

10 % or more of the utilised agricultural area

< 10 %

Livestock characteristics of the agricultural holding

7,5 % or more of the livestock units and more than 5 % of national share of each category

< 5 %

10 % or more of the livestock units and more than 5 % of national share of each category

< 10 %

Characteristic

Units/categories

Tillage methods

Conventional tillage (mouldboard plough or disc plough)

ha

Conservation tillage (low tillage)

ha

Zero tillage (direct seeding)

ha

Soil conservation

Soil cover in winter:

Normal winter crop

ha

Cover crop or intermediate crop

ha

Plant residues

ha

Bare soil

ha

Crop rotation:

Share of arable area out of planned crop rotation

AA % band (1)

Landscape features

Linear elements maintained by farmer during the last 3 years, of which:

Hedges

Yes/No

Tree lines

Yes/No

Stonewalls

Yes/No

Linear elements established during the last 3 years, of which:

Hedges

Yes/No

Tree lines

Yes/No

Stonewalls

Yes/No

Animal grazing

Grazing on the holding

Area grazed during the last year

ha

Amount of time when animals are outdoors on pasture

Months per year

Common land grazing:

Total number of animals grazing on common land

Head

Amount of time when animals are grazing on common land

Months per year

Animal housing

Cattle:

Stanchion-tied stable — with solid dung and liquid manure

Places

Stanchion-tied stable — with slurry

Places

Loose housing — with solid dung and liquid manure

Places

Loose housing — with slurry

Places

Other

Places

Pigs:

On partially slatted floors

Places

On completely slatted floors

Places

On straw beds (deep litter-loose housing)

Places

Other

Places

Laying hens:

On straw beds (deep litter-loose housing)

Places

Battery cage (all types)

Places

Battery cage with manure belt

Places

Battery cage with deep pit

Places

Battery cage with stilt house

Places

Other

Places

Manure application

Utilised agricultural area on which solid/farmyard manure is applied

Total

UAA % band (2)

With immediate incorporation

UAA % band (2)

Utilised agricultural area on which slurry is applied

Total

UAA % band (2)

With immediate incorporation or injection

UAA % band (2)

Percentage of the total produced manure exported from the holding

Percentage band (3)

Manure storage and treatment facilities

Storage facilities for:

Solid dung

Yes/No

Liquid manure

Yes/No

Slurry

Slurry tank

Yes/No

Lagoon

Yes/No

Are the storage facilities covered?

Solid dung

Yes/No

Liquid manure

Yes/No

Slurry

Yes/No

Irrigation

Irrigated area

Average irrigated area the last three years

ha

Total cultivated area irrigated at least once during the previous 12 months

Total

ha

Cereals for the production of grain (including seed) (excluding maize and rice)

ha

Maize (grain and green)

ha

Rice

ha

Dried pulses and protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses)

ha

Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)

ha

Sugar beet (excluding seed)

ha

Rape and turnip rape

ha

Sunflower

ha

Fibre crops (flax, hemp, other fibre crops)

ha

Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries — open field

ha

Temporary grass and permanent grassland

ha

Other crops on arable land

ha

Fruit and berry plantations

ha

Citrus plantations

ha

Olive plantations

ha

Vineyards

ha

Irrigation methods employed:

Surface irrigation (flooding, furrows)

Yes/No

Sprinkler irrigation

Yes/No

Drop irrigation

Yes/No

Source of irrigation water used on the holding:

On-farm ground water

Yes/No

On-farm surface water (ponds or dams)

Yes/No

Off-farm surface water from lakes, rivers or watercourses

Yes/No

Off-farm water from common water supply networks

Yes/No

Other sources

Yes/No

(1)   Arable area (AA) percentage band: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75).

(2)   Utilised agricultural area (UAA) percentage band: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75).

(3)   Percentage band: (0), (> 0-< 25), (≥ 25-< 50), (≥ 50-< 75), (≥ 75).