Field crops and grassland Arable land and permanent grassland of organic farming in Germany

Organic farming in Germany 2022: Arable land and permanent grassland1
Surface and farming cultureEcological acreage
hectare
1: Estimation based on the results of the land use survey 2022.
2: Including seed production.
3: Results of the census of agricluture 2020.
4: Including areas under high accessible protective covers including greenhouses.
5: Results of the vegetable survey 2022.
Arable land and permanent grassland1,605,463
Arable land777,302
Cereals for the production of grain2380,746
Wheat and spelt 164,761
Rye and winter cereal mixtures (maslin)64,159
Triticale24,236
Barley42,362
Oats53,819
Spring cereal mixtures3,909
Grain maize and corn cob mix22,068
Other cereals for the production of gain (e.g. millet, canary seed, sorghum also non-grain crops such as buckwheat, amaranth etc.)5,432
Dry pulses and protein crops for the production of grain267,285
Root crops316,432
Potatoes (including seed potatoes)11,132
Sugar beet (including for ethanol production), excluding seed production5,070
Other root crops, excl. seed production (commom beet, fodder beet, rooted turnips, fodder kale, fooder carrots)230
Industrial crops320,553
Oilseeds for grain production2 14,802
Rape and turnip rape3,435
Sunflower7,104
Oil flax (linseed)1,682
Other oilseed crops for grain production (e.g. mustard, garden poppy, fodder radish)2,581
Other industrial crops5,751
Tobacco60
Hops178
Hemp2,370
Other fibre crops (e.g. flax, kenaf)37
Aromatic, medicinal and culinary plants41,737
Industrial crops used only for energy production (e.g. miscanthus grass and ribbon grass)1,304
Any other industial crops (e.g. chicory, rolled turf)65
Plants harvested green from arable land247,284
Vegetables and strawberries (including asparagus excluding mushrooms)518,276
Fallow land with or without entitlement to grant/premium19,395
Other crops on the arable land 7,331
Permanent grassland828,161

As at 09 June 2023

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