Table 11 Basic characteristics of the respondents and the total Finnish farming population. Data for the total farming population in Finland is from 2017 because of the lack of comparable data from 2018. All data from [24] unless otherwise stated
From: Farmers’ futures: an application of the Delphi method in the context of Finnish agriculture
Finnish farmers, total | Survey sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Number of farms | 48,562 | 4401 | ||
Gendera | ||||
Female | 5900 | 12 | 569 | 13 |
Male | 43,820 | 88 | 3831 | 87 |
Age | ||||
30 and under | 1376 | 3 | 137 | 3 |
31–50 | 15,214 | 36 | 1844 | 42 |
51–70 | 23,343 | 56 | 2289 | 52 |
71 and over | 1945 | 5 | 129 | 3 |
Educationb | ||||
Comprehensive | 8741 | 18 | 325 | 7 |
Vocational | 27,195 | 56 | 2871 | 65 |
University | 12,626 | 26 | 1119 | 25 |
Other | 84 | 2 | ||
Farming system | ||||
Organicc | 4665 | 10 | 657 | 15 |
Conventional | 43,897 | 90 | 3743 | 85 |
Farm size (ha) | ||||
Less than 50 | 33,238 | 69 | 2751 | 63 |
50–99 | 9917 | 20 | 1069 | 25 |
100–149 | 3262 | 7 | 327 | 8 |
More than 150 | 2145 | 4 | 191 | 4 |
Revenue (euros)d | ||||
Less than 20 000 | 23,592 | 50 | 886 | 20 |
20 000–50 000 | 9359 | 20 | 1111 | 25 |
50 000–100 000 | 5939 | 13 | 914 | 21 |
100 000–300 000 | 6385 | 13 | 1032 | 23 |
300 000—500 000 | 1101 | 2 | 280 | 6 |
500 000—1 000 000 | 676 | 1 | 176 | 4 |
More than 1 000 000 | 636 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
Farm type | ||||
Family farm | 41,878 | 86 | 3707 | 84 |
Agricultural alliance | 4178 | 9 | 433 | 10 |
Limited liability company | 931 | 2 | 84 | 2 |
Death estate | 1227 | 2 | 93 | 2 |
Other | 348 | 1 | 82 | 2 |
Production line | ||||
Cereals and other field crop | 30,619 | 63 | 2248 | 51 |
Dairy production | 6704 | 14 | 804 | 18 |
Beef production | 3485 | 7 | 287 | 7 |
Outdoor production | 1477 | 3 | 130 | 3 |
Pig production | 607 | 1 | 165 | 4 |
Poultry production | 436 | 1 | 65 | 1 |
Other | 5234 | 11 | 497 | 11 |
Not known | 0 | 0 | 205 | 5 |
Region | ||||
Southern Finland | 14,809 | 31 | 1471 | 35 |
Uusimaa | 3173 | 7 | 313 | 7 |
Southwest Finland | 5175 | 11 | 537 | 13 |
Southeast Finland | 2957 | 6 | 277 | 7 |
Häme | 3504 | 7 | 344 | 8 |
Western Finland | 19,298 | 39 | 1627 | 38 |
Satakunta | 2976 | 6 | 334 | 8 |
Pirkanmaa | 3782 | 8 | 405 | 10 |
Central Finland | 2576 | 5 | 238 | 6 |
South Ostrobothnia | 5411 | 11 | 364 | 9 |
Ostrobothnia | 4553 | 9 | 286 | 7 |
Eastern Finland | 8443 | 17 | 698 | 17 |
South Savo | 2339 | 5 | 193 | 5 |
North Savo | 3448 | 7 | 295 | 7 |
North Karelia | 2009 | 4 | 151 | 4 |
Kainuu | 647 | 1 | 59 | 1 |
Northern Finland | 5609 | 12 | 399 | 9 |
North Ostrobothnia | 4273 | 9 | 314 | 7 |
Lapland | 1336 | 3 | 85 | 2 |
Åland (i.e., archipelago) | 403 | 1 | 30 | 1 |