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THE BICHEL COMMITTEE

 

 

Table 7.19 Average treatment frequencies after a projected conversion of 500,000 ha/year to organic operation 10 to 20 years hence (area in 1000 ha)
Types of farms

Present Cropping

Converted 1998-2008

Converted 1998-2018

  Cattle farms first Equal distribution  

TF

Converted acreage

LU

Converted
acreage

TF
2008

Converted acreage

TF
2008

Converted acreage

TF
2018

Clayey soil 1,100,000 ha

Cattle farms (all with milk prod.)

Pig farms

Crop farming with >10% seed-producing crops

Crop farming with >10% sugar beet

Crop farming w/o seed-producing crops and sugar beet

Others (less than 20 ha)

Total acreage

 

1.8

2.4

2.6

3.1

2.6

2.5

 

142

220

162

168

218

156

1,063

 

203

264

53

58

29

63

664

 

0

0

0

25

0

96

 

2.4

2.6

3.1

2.4

2.5

 

29

30

0

0

92

0

151

 

2.1

2.6

3.1

1.5

2.5

 

57

59

0

0

184

0

300

 

1.8

2.6

3.1

0.4

2.5

Sandy soil 1,600,000 ha

Cattle farms < 1.4 LU dairy cows/ha

Cattle farms >1.4 LU dairy cows/ha

Pig farms

Crop farming with >10% potatoes

Crop farming w/o potatoes

Others (under 20 ha)

Total acreage

 

1.3

1.2

2.0

3.4

2.3

1.8

 

333

212

450

135

279

148

1,556

 

352

390

556

52

50

112

1510

 

0

0

0

94

0

404

 

1.2

2.0

3.4

1.4

1.8

 

161

0

49

0

140

0

350

 

1.2

1.8

3.4

1.1

1.8

 

322

0

99

0

279

0

700

 

0.0

1.2

1.6

3.4

0.0

1.8

Treatment frequency, weighted section average*

2.37

     

2.02

 

1.95

 

1.53

Reduction in treatment frequency        

14 %

 

18 %

 

35 %

*Including spraying against couch grass, which constitutes an average of 0.2 TF in crop rotation regimes in Present Cropping.