Agriculture

Upper Austrians agriculture secures a lively and functioning country-side, together with a high share of organic farmers, the ecological and sustainable cultivation of the land.
 

Upper Austria is undisputed the agricultural region number 1 in Austria. One could quite see the agriculture sector therefore as the largest enterprise of Upper Austria. That means in facts and figures: One holding-company with more than 41,800 farms, which covers more than 44,100 full-time workers and around 30,000 part-time workers. That´s around 6.5 per cent of the totally employed persons in Upper Austria, who are working in the agriculture and forestry sector. The farmers are an important economical factor, what shows up in the fact, that they annually invest more than 200 million Euros in the advancement of their farms.
 

In addition, Upper Austria is a very self-confident agricultural region, positioning itself as the cleanest agricultural country in Europe.

This shall be reached by a campaign against GMO cultivation, a very high proportion of organic farmers and the highest levels concerning animal and nature protection within the European Union. All of this leads Upper Austria to a gourmet country with highest-quality food. Beyond that, the Upper Austrian farmers are keeping the countryside clean and lively and give the Upper Austrian landscape its beautiful face due to their ecological and sustainable land management.