The Farm Register (or Agricultural and Forestry Register, AFR) dates back to 1970, its main purpose being to comprehensively record all the agricultural and forestry holdings domiciled in Austria. A user application was established in 1986 (and last adapted in 1992) for the purposes of recording and administering these holdings. Due to rising demands in the agricultural sector, the Farm Register has been redesigned in 2007.
Besides recording all the master data on holdings in Austria, e.g.
the Farm Register also includes survey-specific data such as