Tendencies for the Development of Agriculture Technique Provision in Rural Farms of Vidzeme Region

The labour, changes in the dynamics of sowing area, and development of the number of agricultural technique units are characterised in surveyed in the dynamics of the number and size of Vidzeme region economically active rural farms (2001-2007). The research is done on the provision of agricultural machinery per agricultural land in economically active rural farms, the structure of tractor age and specific weight, the proportion of provision of roadworthiness test passed tractors per agriculture land, the dynamics of number of unused tractors, the average capacities of the registered tractors as well as their provision per agricultural land.