Agriculture
| German agricuture supplies with high quality foods and ecological raw materials. The farmers and the foresters administer more than 80% of the territory. One out of eight jobs depends directly or indirectly on agriculture. Germany is the fourth exporter of farm and food products in the world. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. In Germany they represent 7,373,000 hectares. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Grains
|
45,303,700
|
7,112,785
|
63,693
|
Sugar beets
|
25,224,900
|
452
|
558,073
|
Wheat
|
21,634,000
|
2,970,935
|
72,819
|
Barley
|
12,201,367
|
2,071,532
|
58,9
|
Potatoes
|
12,633,000
|
302
|
418,311
|
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Pigs
|
27049
|
Cattle
|
14,574,000
|
Rabbits
|
9,800,000
|
Ovine races
|
2,290,000
|
Goats
|
114
|
Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
42,425 Tm.
|
214,599 Tm.
|
Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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