Organic scenarios for Denmark

Table 9.5
Average treatment frequencies (TFI) after a projected conversion to organic production 10 to 20 years hence (according to Danish Environmental Protection Agency.1999a)

Type of farm

Present production

Converted 1998-2008

Converted 1998-2018

TFI

Acre-age

Live-stock unit

Dairy farms first

Equal

distribution

Acre-age

TFI

Acre-age

TFI

Acre-age

TFI

Clayey soil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy farms (all types, incl. beef production)

1.8

142

203

71

1.1

29

1.4

57

1.1

Pig farms

2.4

220

264

0

2.4

30

2.1

59

1.8

Arable farming with >10% seed-producing crops

2.6

162

53

0

2.6

0

2.6

0

2.6

Arable farms with >10% sugar beet

3.1

168

58

0

3.1

0

3.1

0

3.1

Arable farms w/o seed-producing crops and sugar beet

2.6

218

29

25

2.4

92

1.5

184

0.4

Other (under 20 ha)

2.5

156

63

0

2.5

0

2.5

0

2.5

Total acreage

 

1,063

 

96

 

151

 

300

 

Sandy soil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy farms under 1.4 l.u. dairy cows/ha

1.3

333

352

310

0.1

161

0.7

322

0.0

Dairy farms >1.4 LU dairy cows/ha

1.2

212

390

0

1.2

0

1.2

0

1.2

Pig farms

2.0

450

556

0

2.0

49

1.8

99

1.6

Arable farming with >10% potatoes

3.4

135

52

0

3.4

0

3.4

0

3.4

Arable farming w/o potatoes

2.3

279

50

94

1.4

140

1.1

279

0.0

Other (under 20 ha)

1.8

148

112

0

1.8

0

1.8

0

1.8

Total acreage

 

1.556

 

404

 

350

 

700

 

Treatment frequency, weighted section average a

2.37

2.02

1.95

1.53

Reduction in treatment frequency

 

14 %

18 %

35 %

a Including spraying against couch grass, which constitutes an average of 0.2 TFI in crop rotations in present production.