Germany: Production of vegetables at the previous year's level

In 2020, farms in Germany harvested a total of 3.9 million tonnes of vegetables. The total harvest was therefore at the level of the previous year, reports Freshplaza. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of vegetable farms has fallen by around 7% from 6,580 to 6,100 compared to the last survey in 2016. Less than 5,900 farms produced vegetables in open land on 125,200 hectares in 2020. Thus, like the yield, the field cultivation remained almost constant compared to 2019. In 2020, the largest areas of field vegetable cultivation were in North Rhine-Westphalia with 25,000 ha, Lower Saxony with 21,500 ha and Rhineland-Palatinate from 18,500 ha. A total of 379,600 tons of field vegetables in 2020 were obtained from organic farming. This corresponds to 10% of the total field harvest and an increase of almost 16% compared to 2019. Compared to the 2014-2019 average, the harvest has even increased by more than a third. The area of organic vegetable cultivation in open ...