Germany ranks second in Europe for the production of agricultural products after France.Livestock provides 80% of commercial products for the needs of his works crop: more and more acreage set aside for fodder crops than for food crops.But still feed grains imported in large quantities, especially corn.Agriculture Germany - a high-intensity production.There per hectare paid more fertilizer than in the US, France and England.Therefore
own production meets the demand for milk is 100%, for meat by 90%, sugar by 85% and wheat by 80%.The most favorable conditions are created for dairy farming in the foothills of the Alps.Here on the local meadows feed about 35% of the population of dairy cows country.Also, development of dairy direction and in the north in the coastal areas.Agriculture Germany pays great attention to pig production, the country ranks first in Europe in terms of the number of pigs (over 20 million).
order to maintain high profitability of the country's agriculture, crop growing, as an auxiliary branch of livestock: 40% of the agricultural area is occupied by meadows and pastures, and for animal cultivated oats, rye, potatoes and fodder crops.Among the crops in agricultural production is the main wheat.The main grain belt is located on the Schleswig-Holstein on the east bank to the west of Cologne, Aachen "bay."Other times are growing wheat - Danube plain in Bavaria.
Of course, it is impossible not to note the cultivation of barley, which is designed specifically for brewing, it is cultivated in the south-west and Bavaria.In these areas are located and the largest plantation of hops.Germany is on the cultivation of hops is one of the first places in the world.Beer is considered a national drink, its annual consumption per capita is about 145 liters.The main task that confronts an agriculture Germany, is to increase its competitiveness in world agricultural production.To this end, stimulates the production of high-quality, typical German food, energy saving technologies used in agriculture, and used a lot of potential of agriculture in the form of renewable energy.
In terms of production agriculture, in livestock production and grain production in Europe, Germany is inferior only to France, and the production of milk confidently takes the first place.It may also be due to the fact that the efficiency of agricultural production in the country is much higher than the average in the European Union.The only thing that lags behind agriculture in Germany, is the average yield of sugar beet and corn.Public authorities in the field of agriculture in the country decide on the regulation of agricultural markets, to change the agrarian structure, financing and crediting of agriculture.
more financial assistance to the German Government provided the East German lands in the process of their adaptation and integration into the European community.In addition to problems of food production, agricultural sector of the country and carries out a number of additional tasks.It is the protection and conservation of nature as a basis for the life of the population, protection of the natural landscape of residential areas and places of public recreation, supply for industry raw agricultural materials.
