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Agreste cahiers Spécial Structure n° 4 - décembre 2006

In 2005, slightly fewer than one professional farm out of two employs non-family staff, either on a permanent or seasonal basis.

In 2005, slightly fewer than one professional farm out of two employs non-family staff, either on a permanent or seasonal basis. Market gardeners, horticulturists and wine-growers are the largest employers. The number of permanent salaried jobs has changed only very little in five years, despite the decrease in the number of employers, of which there are 143,000 in 2005. Investment in equipment is mostly for the replacement of existing machines by increasingly powerful machines. In addition, a growing proportion of farms have recourse to equipment called in from outside firms. In 2005, 20% of professional farms are equipped for irrigation, this proportion being notably larger in regions of field crops and permanent crops.