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Date: December 14, 2021 Ecosystem accounts – Ecosystem extent account
At the Federal Statistical Office, work on the compilation of ecosystem accounts began in August 2020. The aim of this work is to create a nationwide, spatially and temporally consistent data basis on the extent and condition of the ecosystems and …
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Date: December 9, 2021 Agricultural holdings with slurry storage systems, by types of covers between March 2019 and February 2020 (in thousands)
Agricultural holdings with slurry storage systems, by types of covers between March 2019 and February 2020 (in thousands)
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Date: December 8, 2021 Livestock in holdings with conventional and organic farming
Tables on the subject: Livestock in holdings with conventional and organic farming 2020
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Date: December 8, 2021 Agricultural holdings that have applied liquid manure on arable land or permanent grassland, by manure types
Table on the subject: Production methods; Agricultural holdings that have applied liquid manure on arable land or permanent grassland, by manure types (in thousands)
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Date: December 8, 2021 Agricultural holdings that have applied liquid manure to arable land or permanent grassland by spreading technique
Table on the subject: Production methods; Agricultural holdings that have applied liquid manure to arable land or permanent grassland by spreading technique (in thousands)
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Press release No. 548 of 3 December 2021 CORRECTION: Ornamental plants in 2021: holdings in Germany down 15% on 2017
CORRECTION: In 2021, there are roughly 3,120 holdings specialising in ornamental plants in Germany, which cultivate flowers and ornamental plants on a basic area totalling 6,260 hectares. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …
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Press release No. 499 of 28 October 2021 Tree nurseries in 2021: holdings and area decreasing
In 2021, just under 1,540 agricultural holdings have cultivated tree nursery areas of 17,160 hectares in Germany. Compared with the latest survey of 2017, the overall area cultivated decreased by 7.8% and the number of tree nurseries by 10.4%. The …
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Press release No. 494 of 25 October 2021 506,500 hectares of irrigated outdoor area in 2019
Irrigation in agriculture is a possible solution strategy to react to rising temperatures and longer periods of drought. Based on final results of the 2020 Census of Agriculture, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 506,500 …
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Press release No. N 063 of 22 October 2021 Pasta: imports down 7.3% for the period from January to August 2021 compared with a year earlier
Macaroni, penne or spaghetti – households’ food cupboards can no longer be imagined without pasta of any kind. Bad hard wheat harvests caused by climate change, however, might lead to bottlenecks and price rises. To coincide with World Pasta Day on …
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Press release No. 447 of 22 September 2021 Tree fruit yields 2021: marked losses for cherries, slight decline for pears
Late frosts, heavy rainfalls and storms have destroyed the hope of Germany’s tree fruit growers for at least average cherry yields in many places. Based on estimates, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that a total 38,400 tonnes of …
