Agriculture
Region Rhône-Alpes : 'Abondance' cows
MAP, P. Xichuna
Agricultural holdings: 545,000
Agricultural labour force: 1,100,000
Utilized agricultural area: 27,470, 000 hectares, i.e. 50.3% of the area of metropolitan France.
Principal agricultural products in France
Lorraine region - view of a field
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean-Claude Kanny
Cereals: leading producer in the EU, fifth worldwide (48.5 million metric tons, including 34.8 million metric tons of wheat and 13.7 million metric tons of grain maize)
Wine: second-largest producer worldwide and in the EU after Italy (53.2 million hectolitres)
Midi-Pyrénées region: harvesting grapes
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Tarn-et-Garonne
Milk: second-largest producer in the EU, after Germany, and fifth worldwide (22.6 million litres)
Sugar beet: leading producer in the EU and worldwide (26.1 million metric tons)
Oilseeds: leading producer in the EU (5.7 million metric tons)
Livestock
Cattle: 18.3 million
Pigs: 14.4 million
Sheep: 7.9 million
Goats: 1.2 million
Meat production
Beef: 1.8 million metric tons in carcass weight equivalent (cwe)
Pork: 2.3m cwe
Sheep/goat: 1.4m cwe
Poultry: 1.9m cwe
- Sources: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
- Updated: 01.07.2008
