Agriculture sector of Germany

Germany known for the great population of 82.5 mln people. Consists mostly of great lands of agriculture Especially in the eastern portions, cereals and sugar beets are grown Elsewhere,with the train more hilly and even mountains, farmers produce vegetables, milk, pork or beef

Most river valleys in southern and western Germany, especially along the Rhine and the Main, vineyard Beer is produced in Bavaria The larger farms in the west are mainly concentrated in Schleswig- Holstein and eastern Lower Saxony with smaller groupings in Westphalia

Western and eastern sectors: Chickens eggs pigs veal calves

In the areas surrounding western Germany cities crops: fruits vegetables flowers

The warm lowlands of the south west favor: tobacco seed corn

Agriculture Over 80% of Germany`s land is used for agriculture and forestry. 20% of the agricultural land available in the east

Chief agricultural products Milk Pork Beef Poultry Cereals Potato Wheat Barely Cabbages Sugar beets

Number of conventional farms, decreasing from in 1990 to in 1999

Statistics In 2010 was produced mln tones of cereals (including rice) It increased 1.8% than 2000 In 2011 production of fruits was equal to 57.5 mln tones A quarter (25.0% or 5.6mln tones) of the EU`s pig meat production in 2011 came from Germany

Export of agricultural products In 2012, export performance was 60.1 bln Euro Meat and meat products 8.7 bln euro (8.5 %) Milk and dairy products 8.7 bln (1%) Exports to non-EU countries totalled 15.0 bln euro

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