Agriculture

Agriculture in Germany:

The first topic I wished to expand on from the first week of presentations was the agriculture of Germany. A lot of the groups talked about businesses and industries of Germany and touched briefly on the agriculture. So I took it upon myself to expand more on it.

It turns out that Germany has almost 1/3 of its land fit for farming development. Germany in fact is a farming country as well. Agriculture and farming was far more popular before the development of big business and before the industries expanded all over Germany. This hurt the farmers. Today Germany’s farmland is much less.

So now the question is “What kind of stuff does Germany grow and produce?” Well in the northern part of Germany it is considered lowlands. In the north they produce mainly sugar beets because the ground is nearly flat and is perfect conditions for sugar beets. Orchards farm and also vegetable farms surround most of Germany’s cities. This is because it is near the river and that is where you will fine Germany’s vineyards. And of course in Bavaria, most of Germany’s BEER is produced there. Since we are talking about Germany, we have to talk about beer. To produce beer, Germany needs to also produce a lot of grain, which they do. Germany mainly produces sugar beets, wheat, barley, and potatoes.

They funny thing about Germany is that, Germany has a lot of land available for farming, and yet the import a lot of agricultural goods. This is strange to me, because why waste money on importing when you can just grow it yourself?

But as I said earlier, Germany’s farming and agricultural aspect has been declining drastically over the years. Since the industrial revolution, farming is not nearly as popular anymore and most of its tillable land is not being used for farming.

Resources (All info paraphrased from two sites below)

1. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/231186/Germany/58019/Agriculture-forestry-and-fishing

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Germany