Of the 7400.43 square kilometres of total area in South Tyrol, 241.952 hectares are farmed. This is in addition to woodland and fallow land.
The number of farms, from the smallest to the largest, is 26,455, including 12,810 cattle farms, to give a few statistics on South Tyrol farming country.
Area put to agricultural use, whether intensive or extensive, i.e. whether vineyards and orchards or meadows, grazing and arable land, is spread over the whole area from the valleys to the timber line. This countryside is the overwhelming natural feature of South Tyrol, and it is the lifeblood of the farmers, who have long given our homeland its character.