What are the characteristics of agricultural production in western Europe

Agricultural production of arable land, labor are insufficient, agricultural modernization of mechanization and biotechnology are very important, European agriculture as a secondary production sector.

Agriculture and animal husbandry and high level of intensification as an important feature. The main planting of wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, melons, sugar beets, sunflowers, flax, etc., wheat production accounted for about 50% of the world's total output, barley, oats accounted for more than 60%. Horticulture is well-developed, mainly producing grapes and apples. Animal husbandry is dominated by the rearing of pigs, cattle and sheep.

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Crops are dominated by wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, and sugar beets. Grapes and apples are abundant. Fisheries and livestock breeding are more developed. Belgium and France produced by the Alden horse, the United Kingdom produced by the Bucks summer pigs, Yorkshire pigs, large white pigs, Irish summer cattle, thoroughbred stallions, the Netherlands produced by the Dutch cattle and other fine livestock breeds world-famous. The main minerals in Western Europe are coal, iron, petroleum, natural gas, potash and so on.

The countries of Western Europe are all developed countries. Narrowly defined as the terrain of Western Europe is mainly plains and plateaus, mountainous areas are small. Located in the westerly wind belt, the vast majority of the region is a maritime temperate broad-leaved forest climate, abundant and stable rainfall, fog.

Western Europe includes Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Monaco. Western Europe covers an area of more than 930,000 square kilometers. It is also usually called Western Europe for the European capitalist countries, and the rivers mostly flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

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