Organic country: 1 in 6 farms is organic
A workplace in the countryside: Women occupy 37% of positions in the agricultural sector
Age pyramid: A quarter of farm managers 1 are aged over 60
Grassland: 7 of 10 hectares are meadow or pastureland
Diverse cereals: ingredients for bread, muesli and animal feed in 2023
Sugar beet: boom gives way to downward trend
In the Milky Way: 527 000 dairy cows produced 3.7bn kg milk in 2024
Pig farming: Swiss herd numbers fall
Nitrogen balance: nitrogen input exceeds agricultural crop requirements
Diversification: 1 in 5 farms sold direct to consumers in 2023
Food security: 54% of food supplied
by Swiss farms
Output: 51% of output value comes from
livestock and 34% from crops
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