Organized grazing units

Norwegian production of sheep, and to some extent also cattle and goat, is based on grazing on extensive pastures in mountain and forest areas during summertime. In order to reduce loss of animals and reduce herding costs, farmers receive state support for organizing themselves in grazing entities. \\nEach grazing entity is mapped as a polygon feature with attributes reflecting the total number of types of animals released for grazing and the total number and percentage of animals lost. Reasons for losses are not classified, but are mainly due to sickness, accidents and predators. \\nCurrently there are roughly 800 grazing units around Norway. Together they entail roughly 75% of all sheep, 30% of all cattle and goats sent on extensive pastures during summer time.

Date (Creation): 2016-09-15

Date (Publication): 2007-05-02

Date (Revision): 2016-01-01

Code: Beitebruk

Purpose: Provide an overview of animals released and animals lost on extensive pastures by organized farming entities.

Status: Historical archive

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research	Ingvild Nystuen	gisdrift@nibio.no	Publisher
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research	Michael Angeloff	gisdrift@nibio.no	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency: Annually

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Landbruk

Theme

Beite
Sau
Husdyr
Vegetasjon
Rovvilt
Geit
Storfe
Beitelag
Organisert

Specific usage: The dataset is intended for presentation and orientation in conjunction with land use planning, public management, nature conservation, animal welfare and farm management.

User contact info

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
			Owner

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Åpne data

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Norsk lisens for offentlige data (NLOD)

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 5000

Language: Norwegian

Supplemental Information: Each grazing entity provides boundaries of their grazing area on national topographic maps at scale 1:50.000. The map is updated each year. The boundaries are digitized and coupled to statistics on animals kept and lost in national registries by agencies under the Directorate of Agriculture. Data is stored and disseminated by NIBIO. The grazing area is not equivalent to farm property areas.

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25832

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25833

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25835

Distribution format

Name	Version
Shape

Units of distribution: Hele landet

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
GEONORGE:DOWNLOAD	https://kart8.nibio.no/api/capabilities/

Hierarchy level: Series

Statement: Annual statistics on organized grazing units is available from 1992 until today. Regional statistics is available from 1970. Maps of grazing areas are available from 2004. Organized grazing units which change their grazing area submit new maps. Some areas may have remained unchanged.