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Saxony Data from the year under review 26 AREA AND POPULATION UTILIZATION OF LAND AREA Total area 1, ha 1,842 35,75 Agricultural area 1, ha 1,22 18,932 Relation to the total area % 56 53 Forest area 1, ha 496 1,649 Relation to the total area % 27 3 Water surface 1, ha 35 828 Relation to the total area % 2 2 POPULATION Total Population 1, 4,262 82,372 Inhabitants/km 2 number 231 231 Economically Active Population 1, 1,96 39,16 Economically Active Population in Agriculture 1, 42 849 FARM STRUCTURE LEGAL FORM Number of Holdings 7,117 366,6 corporate bodies 632 5,3 thereof: Registered Co-operatives 212 1.2 Ltd s and similars 264 2.6 number Natural Persons 6,48 361,3 thereof: Partnerships 386 18,8 Individual Farmers 6,94 342,5 Agriculturally Used Area 1, ha 911 16,951 Permanent Grassland 1, ha 184 4,882 Relation to the agriculturally used area % 2 29 Arable area 1, ha 721 11,866 Relation to the agriculturally used area % 79 7 UTILIZATION OF THE CROPLAND Cereals total 42 6,72 thereof: Wheat 181 3,115 Barley 146 2,25 Oats 1 184 Rye 28 539 Grain maize, CCM 11 41 Root crops 21 641 thereof: Potatoes 1, ha 7 274 Sugar beet 14 358 Oil seeds, incl. Non Food 133 1,483 thereof: Rape seeds 131 1,429 Sunflowers 2 32 Pulses 15 144 Forage plants 17 1,956 thereof: Green/silage maize 63 1,346 ORGANIC FARMING Agriculturally used area 1, ha 23 87* Farms number 298 17,2* *25 FARM SIZE KATEGORIES Holdings of 2 to below 1 ha LF 2,65 113,6 Holdings of 1 to below 2 ha LF 1,156 68,9 Holdings of 2 to below 5 ha LF 1,18 85,4 Holdings of 5 to below 1 ha LF 632 54,6 number Holdings of 1 to below 5 ha LF 993 27,5 Holdings of 5 to below 1 ha LF 218 1,8 Holdings of 1 ha and more 252 1,5 Proportion of the cultivated crops to the cropland 1 8 6 4 2 Use of cropland in Saxony from 1993 to 26 1993 1995 1998 2 23 25 26 Grains, including grain maize Pulses Oil seeds Root crops Forage plants Special cultures and vegetables Set-aside area (without renewable raw materials)
YIELDS AND CROP QUANTITIES LIVESTOCK ARABLE FARMING Cereals total dt/ha 57 65 (incl. Grain maize, CCM) 1, t 2,275 43,475 thereof: Wheat dt/ha 61 72 1, t 1,16 22,428 Barley dt/ha 55 59 1, t 798 11,967 Oats dt/ha 44 45 1, t 45 83 Rye dt/ha 47 49 1, t 132 2,644 Grain maize, CCM dt/ha 72 81 1, t 8 3,22 Rape seeds (incl. Non Food) dt/ha 35 37 1, t 455 5,336 Potatoes dt/ha 322 366 1, t 234 1,31 thereof: Early Potatoes dt/ha 276 298 1, t 8 447 Sugar beet dt/ha 511 577 1, t 691 2,646 Green/silage maize dt/ha 347 394 1, t 2,19 53,112 HORTICULTURE Vegetable growing area in the open 1, ha 4 17 Vegetable crop yield in the open 1, t 52 2,969 Vegetable growing area under glas 1, ha.5 1.4 Vegetable crop yield under glas 1, t 6 147 FRUIT GROWING Cultivated area 1, ha 5 64 Crop yield 1, t 19 1,286 VITICULTURE Grape area 1, ha.4 99 Wine must yield hl/ha 54 91 Total wine must yield 1, hl 21 9,63 FISH FARMING 3) Fish farming area 1, ha 8 24 Holdings number 148 3,343 Production of food fishes 1, t 3 13 Cattle stock total 484 12,677 thereof: Dairy cows 191 4,54 Pigs total 362 26,821 thereof: Fattening pigs 213 11,14 Breeding pigs 1, pcs 77 2,511 Sheep 122 2,56 Hens total (25) 7,762 17,267 Horses (25) 14 5 BREEDING PERFORMANCE MILK PRODUCTION Total milk produktion 1, t 1,575 27,995 Milk performance/cow kg/year 8,17 6,849 EGG PRODUCTION Egg production mln pcs 983 9,537 Laying performance/hen pcs/year 36 292 COMMERCIAL SLAUGHTERING 1) SLAUGHTERINGS Cattle 1, pcs 33 3,48 Average slaughtering weight kg 295 332 Calfs 1, pcs 3 334 Average slaughtering weight kg 71 127 Pigs 1, pcs 47 49,765 Average slaughtering weight kg 96 94 MEAT PRODUCTION Slaughter animals 55 5,828 thereof: Cattle 1 1,131 Calf 1, t.2 43 Pigs 45 4,63 1) Animals of national and international proveniance (without poultry) Dairy cow population in 1, heads Development of the dairy cow population and milk yield in Saxony from 1991 to 26 4 9, 35 8, 3 7, 25 6, 2 5, 15 4, 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 21 23 25 26 Milk yield per cow in kg
Saxony Data from the year under review 26 STRUCTURE OF FOOF INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES IN PROCESSING SECTOR 2) EXPORT BY FOOD INDUSTRY ACC. TO FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS 3) ENTERPRISES 356 5,9 Slaughtering and meat processing 87 1,279 Fruit and vegetable processing 25 36 Production of vegetable and animal oils and fats number 2 34 Milk processing; ice-cream 14 244 Grinding and hulling 4 115 Fodder production 12 29 Bakery products and sweets 162 2,66 Production of beverages 33 696 TOTAL SALES 6,774 157,853 Slaughtering and meat processing 75 3,579 Fruit and vegetable processing 442 8,21 Production of vegetable and animal oils and fat mln Euro no values 5,398 Milk processing; ice-cream 2,458 22,145 Grinding and hulling 43 4,544 Fodder production 1 5,673 Bakery products and sweets 634 26,125 Production of beverages 965 19,946 EXPORT QUOTA % 5.9 15. 2) Enterprises of 2 or more employees 3, 25, Turnover per employee in the food industry TOTAL EXPORT 693 37,895 Milk and dairy products 14 3,6 Cheese 173 2,297 Spirits 54 729 Meat and meat products 51 5,128 Nuts and dried fruit 35 461 mln Euro Bakery products 37 2,94 Cocoa and cocoa products 19 1,837 Sugar beets and sugar products 17 1,246 Vegetable preparations and tinned products 18 483 Vegetable oils and fats 12 1,75 Wheat 18 81 PRODUKTION AND PROCESSING QUANTITIES MILK PROCESSING Production of consumption milk 395 6,112 Production of yoghurt and desserts 1, t 423 2,97 Production of cheese 169 2,18 MILLING Milling as a whole 273 8,22 1, t soft wheat 217 6,741 MIXED FEED Processing as a whole 472 17,52 cereals 291 9,184 1, t oil cake 181 5,263 mixed feed products as a whole 541 2,37 FAT PROCESSING Processing of oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 3) incl. unprocessed agricultural products; preliminary figures 1, t 38 9,961 2, Euro 15, 1, 5, 1993 1995 1997 1999 21 23 25 26
Rape cultivation and vegetable oil processing in Saxony Vegetable Oil processing facilities Proportion of Rape cultivation to in Saxony the total cropland of the saxon counties Oil mill in operation no Data Oil mill under construction/in planning below 1 % Rape seed methyl ester (RME) in operation > 1 % up to under 12.5 % RME under construction/in planning > 12.5 % up to under 15 % > 15 % up to under 17.5 % > 17.5 % up to under 2 % 2 % and above Development of the acreage used for rape seed and turnip rape from 1991 to 26 Cropland under cultivation in 1, ha 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 37 5 68 11 11 78 75 1 12 14 18 15 118 16 122 17 131 18 25 2 15 1 5 Proportion of the acreage in % 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 21 23 25 26 Sources: Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft Statistisches Bundesamt Arbeitskreis Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (StaLa) Sächsische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Publisher: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft (SMUL) www.smul.sachsen.de Editorship: Sächsische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, SMUL Press date: June 27 Circulation: 5 Copies Order adress: Zentraler Broschürenversand der Sächsischen Staatsregierung Hammerweg 3, D-1127 Dresden Telefon: 351 21 36 71 Telefax: 351 21 36 81 E-Mail: publikationen@sachsen.de (No access for electronically signed and coded electronical documents)