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Crop cultivation
In Sweden, more than 3 million square hectares of farming
land is cultivated, of which 2.6 million hectares is arable
land. Crop cultivation is dominated by grain and grassland
cultivation which constitutes 37 percent and 45 percent
respectively of the arable area.
The most common grain cultivation is
wheat, barley and oats. The yield levels
vary greatly between the different regions.
Productivity is highest in the flat plains
of the south and lowest in the north. In the
last few years, the yield per hectare of autumn
wheat has averaged 6,300 kilograms.
The different climate conditions determine
the types of crops grown across the
country.
Grazing pasture fodder and grain for
Arable land divided into different crop types (2010)
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SOLUTIONS FOR A GREEN FUTURE 11
Crop Area (in hectares)
Grain 971,100
Legumes (peas, beans etc) 45,700
Pasture fodder 1,213,500
Potatoes 27,000
Sugar beets 37,900
Rapeseed and turnip rape 109,100
Others 51,600
Fallow land (land left unploughed 170,300
and unseeded during a growing season)
animal feed are foremost cultivated in the
north.
Production of bread grain is concentrated
in the central and southern flat plains and
the largest quantity of oilseeds, mostly rapeseed
and turnip rape, are cultivated there.
The biggest areas of grain cultivation are
in the counties of Skåne and Västra Götaland.
Sugar beets are cultivated furthest
south and potatoes are grown throughout
the whole country.
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