Utilised Agricultural Area 2016

• The area for grains, 1,109,000 hectares, still covers about half of the total arable land, but is 29,300 hectares lower (-3%)

• The sown area of oats, 331,500 hectares (+8%) is growing as that of other grains shrinks; area of barley 485,800 ha, (-5%), wheat 222,600 ha (-10%) and rye 26,500 hectares (-16%)
• The area of caraway is increasing to around 20,500 hectares (22%)
• The area of broad bean is increasing to 16,500 hectares (23%)
• The area of oilseed rape (31,300 ha, +60%) has exceeded that of turnip rape (30,800 ha, +18%) for the first time
• The area of feed grasses, 687,600 hectares, was last this high in 1996. The area grew by  35,200 hectares (+5%)
• In 2016, the utilized agricultural area was 2,274,500 hectares e.g. slightly higher than in 2015 (+1,200 ha). Area composes of 49,480 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland.

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Plant and plant group specific cultivation areas and numbers of farms are available in the statistics database for the whole country and by Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment and by municipality.

The data has been corrected 19.10.2017