Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

Contents

• Agricultural and horticultural enterprises
• Livestock
• Crops
• Forests
• Increment and drain of the growing stock
• Result from the private forest economy

Agricultural and horticultural enterprises

Production sector	2010	2018	2019	2019
				Average age of farmers
Plant production	37 086	32 919	32 774
Cereals production	20 927	15 197	14 926	53
Other plant production	13 092	15 533	15 788	55
Greenhouse production	1 371	787	714	53
Outdoor production	1 696	1 402	1 346	54
Livestock production	19 829	12 819	12 038
Milk production	10 205	6 263	5 727	49
Beef production	3 080	2 868	2 809	49
Other cattle husbandry	1 270	516	450	50
Pig farming	1 355	577	526	. .
Poultry farming	375	435	419	. .
Sheep, goat and horse farming and other grazing livestock	3 544	2 160	2 107	51
Mixed production	2 568	1 895	2 015	50
Total	59 483	47 633	46 827	53
Utilised agricultural area, ha/farm	39	48	49

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

Data in Excel format (xlsx)

Updated: 27.4.2020

Livestock

	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018	2019
	Thousand
Cattle	1 782	1 360	1 057	926	882	858
Dairy cows	1 111	490	364	289	271	262
Pigs	446	1 381	1 296	1 367	1 089	1 072
Poultry	. .	. .	12 570	9 587	14 140	14 360
Laying hens	3 381	4 845	3 110	3 394	3 985	3 900
Broilers	. .	2 993	7 918	4 616	8 781	9 112
Sheep	1 220	103	100	126	155	145

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

Data in Excel format (xlsx)

Updated: 28.4.2020

Crops

	1950	1990	2000	2010	2018	2019
	Mil. kg
Wheat	296	627	538	724	495	902
Rye	215	244	108	69	42	183
Barley	176	1 720	1 985	1 340	1 336	1 682
Oats	702	1 662	1 413	810	818	1 170
Potatoes	1 273	881	785	659	600	619
Sugar beets	231	1 125	1 046	542	355	501
Broad bean	. .	. .	. .	16	24	30

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

Data in Excel format (xlsx)

Updated: 23.4.2020

Forests

Land class	2014–2018
	Mil. ha	%
Forestry land	26,2	86
Forest land	20,3	67
Poorly productive forest land	2,5	8
Unproductive land	3,2	11
Forest roads, depots, etc.	0,2	1
Other land	4,1	14
Land area, total	30,4	100
Volume of the growing stock	2014–2018
	Mil. m3	%
Pine	1 244	50
Spruce	740	30
Birch	411	17
Other deciduous trees	81	3
Growing stock, total	2 475	100

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

Data in Excel format (xlsx)

Updated: 28.4.2020

Increment and drain of the growing stock

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

Data in Excel format (xlsx)

Updated: 17.8.2020

Result from the private forest economy

Main topic: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

Last updated 17 Aug 2020