Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Table explanation

Description topics

Land use

Area

Land use, total

Utilised agricultural area (UAA)

Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.

Other land

Includes unutilised agricultural land, wooded area, and other land (e.g. buildings, farmyard, ponds, nature reserves).

Number of farms

Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).

Utilised agricultural area (UAA)

Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.

Arable land

Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually for industrial processing.

Area

Arable land, total

Vegetables, arable

Arable vegetables are grown in the open, in rotation with other
arable crops, and are usually intended for industrial processing.
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops on the same land to avoid build-up of pathogens and depletion of soil nutrients.
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Arable vegetables include: kale, peas (harvested green), celeriac, beetroot, rutabaga, salsify, spinach, French beans, sweet corn, broad beans (harvested green), onions, winter carrots and Belgian endive (roots).

Cereals

Cereals harvested for grain, including seed.
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Includes barley, sorghum, oats, maize (excluding green maize), rye, wheat and triticale.

Grass seed

Including clover seed.

Industrial crops

Crops that are normally not sold directly for consumption because they need to be industrially processed prior to final use.
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Includes black poppy, industrial chicory, hemp, caraway seed, colza seed, rape seed, linseed, soy beans, flax and sunflowers.

Pulses

Plants with edible seeds that grow in pulses.
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Includes kidney beans, grey peas, sweet lupines, broad beans (harvested dry), field beans and field peas.

Sugar beets

Other arable crops

Includes miscanthus and sod.

Fallow land

Land with no intention to produce a harvest for the duration of the current crop year.
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Includes set aside area, cover crops and fauna margins.

Horticulture, in the open

Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually directly for
the market.

Area

Horticulture in the open, total

Flower bulbs

Includes dahlia, gladioli, hyacinths, irises, crocuses, lilies, daffodils, tulips and zantedeschia.

Floricultural crops

Includes flower seeds.

Nurseries and perennial plants

Includes wood and hedge plantation, buxus, lane and park trees, rose bush, ornamental conifers, ornamental shrubs, climbers, fruit trees and perennial plants.

Fruit in the open

Includes soft fruits (e.g. blueberries, raspberries), stone fruits (e.g. apples, pears, prunes), nuts and grapes. Standard tree orchards have been added since 2016 onwards.

Vegetables, horticultural

Horticultural vegetables are grown in the open, in rotation with other horticultural crops, and usually intended for fresh consumption.
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops on the same land to avoid build-up of pathogens and depletion of soil nutrients.
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Horticultural vegetables include: strawberries, endive, asparagus, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, cucurbits, fennel, kohlrabi, podded peas, leeks, runner beans, rhubarb, celery, lettuce, cabbages (red, white, savoy, pointed), Brussels sprouts, climbing French beans, other horticultural vegetables (e.g. radish, turnip) and nursery material for vegetables in the open (including vegetable seeds).

Horticulture, under glass

Refers to the growing of crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover.

Area

Horticulture under glass, total

Floricultural crops

Includes amaryllis, flower seeds, potted plants, cut-flowers and nursing material for floricultural crops.

Nurseries and perennial plants

Excluding crops kept under glass just for hibernation.

Fruit under glass

Vegetables, under glass

Includes aubergines, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes and nursery material for vegetables under glass.

Horticulture, other

Refers to cultivation that does not require land use (mushrooms, bulb forcing, Belgian endive cultivation).

Area, amount

Belgian endive cultivation

The area of roots, grown in the previous year, from which Belgian endive leaves are grown in the current year.
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Belgian endive is biennial. In the first year the roots are grown; in the following year these are induced to produce creamy white leaves, to be cooked or eaten raw in salads.

Grassland and forage plants

Grassland and green fodder usually serves as fresh forage.

Area

Grassland and forage plants, total

Forage plants

Includes lucerne, green maize and fodder beet.