Finland Agriculture

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In Finland, the farming season is short: 160 to 180 days in the South and 110 to 145 days in the North. The respect of the environment is very important for the farming sector. Main cultures are : barley, oat, wheat, rye, sugar beet and potato. On the contrary, the Finnish fruits production is largely insufficient to satisfy the domestic demand. That is why, Finland imports a large quantity of fruits and more specially citrus fruits. Moreover, forestry has an important place in the Finnish farmer work. Indeed, a medium farm has 13.4 hectares of arable lands and 46.4 hectares of forest. The forest represents an important source of incomes and work for farmers over the winter. The Finnish agriculture, which was very protected, is now forced to open up to international competition. The country will be more dependent on community decisions.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 2,170,000 hectares in Finland.

Number of farms:

199,385

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Barley	1,910,000	590	32,373

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Pigs	1,540,700
Cattle	1,100,600

Number of tractors:

194,750

Irrigated land (surface area):

64,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
227 Tm.	113,640 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

184,288 Tm.