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Published 20.10.2011
Farm Structure Survey / Agricultural Census 2010 - Farmland management
Published 20.10.2011
- About a half of the arable area is tilled and/or sown during the year.
- Autumn ploughing is used as basic tillage in almost half of the tilled/sown area, and conservation tillage is used in one fourth of the area.
- Direct sowing on non-tilled soil was carried out in 13 per cent of the tilled/sown area.
- One fifth of the fields remain bare over the winter (mainly ploughed).
- Monoculture, i.e. the continuous cultivation of the same plant species, is most common on pig farms.
- Manure was applied on one fourth of the arable area during the year.
- Almost all manure is injected or incorporated into soil after spreading.
Methods of manure spreading 2020
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