Nearly 1,600 organic farming enterprises are inspected by the Hungarian organic inspection authority, Biokontroll Hungária Kht.. Only 160 of these farms keep livestock. Cattle are the most common species, but the percentage of sheep is also significant (Biokontroll Hungária Kht., 2004). The sheep are generally kept in extensive circumstances, on pastures and meadows that form over 46% of the controlled 128,690 organic hectares in Hungary. As the number of organic producer has increased markedly since 1996, there is a growing confidence in organic farming as a viable production enterprise.