Argentina Agriculture

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In Argentina, agriculture registers an increase in the production of sugar cane, sunflower, beans and rice while the cotton variations are rather unsteady. Soya, wheat and breeding are the main productions, even though they begin to slash.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 278,040,000 hectares in Argentina.

Number of farms:

378,357

Crops:

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Corn	16,000,000	2,976,000	53,763
Wheat	14,600,000	5,902,000	24,737
Sorghum	3,404,000	718	47,409
Potatoes	3,450,000	117	294,872
Rice Paddy	915	190	48,158

Livestock:

Species	Headcount
Cattle	55,000,000
Ovine races	14,000,000
Goats	3,428,000
Horses	3,300,000

Number of tractors:

280

Irrigated land (surface area):

1, 561,000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
427,017 Tm.	912,081 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

1,149,333 Tm.

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