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

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• Number of conventional farms, decreasing from 648803 in 1990 to 429000 in 1999

Statistics

• In 2010 was produced 282.9 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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