Table 1 Answers given by the 1287 respondents on general farm characteristics
Variable | Answers | Overall (%) | Small farms (≤20 cows) (%) | Large farms (>20 cows) (%) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breed | Fleckvieh | 72.9 | 69.7 | 76.7 | <0.01 |
Brown Swiss | 14.2 | 17.3 | 11.0 | ||
Holstein–Friesian | 7.5 | 4.8 | 10.5 | ||
Others | 3.4 | 4.9 | 1.5 | ||
No answer | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
Type of farm | Conventional | 76.1 | 70.2 | 82.7 | <0.01 |
Organic | 23.9 | 29.8 | 17.3 | ||
No answer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Type of cows’ barn | Free stall | 56.4 | 32.5 | 81.6 | <0.01 |
Tie stall | 40.2 | 64.2 | 15.0 | ||
No answer | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
Access to pasture | No | 66.7 | 56.9 | 77.6 | <0.01 |
Yes | 31.9 | 42.0 | 20.8 | ||
No answer | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | ||
Other farm animals than cattle on farm | No | 15.1 | 12.5 | 17.3 | 0.02 |
Yes | 74.5 | 76.9 | 72.0 | ||
No answer | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | ||
Average milk yield per cow per year | <6000 kg | 13.2 | 22.0 | 3.4 | <0.01 |
>6–8000 kg | 54.6 | 60.7 | 48.8 | ||
>8–10,000 kg | 28.8 | 15.5 | 42.5 | ||
>10,000 kg | 2.7 | 1.1 | 4.5 | ||
No answer | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |