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The number of people that cultivated for agriculture declined, from about one-fifth of the total workforce in 1950 to less than 3 percent by the end of the 20th century. Laborers were only found on smaller farms and only cultivated on a part-time basis.
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By the beginning of the 21st century, agriculture began to increase in Germany, larger farm represented about half of the total agricultural area in western Germany and some two-thirds in eastern Germany.
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In Germany, in use, there are 4,694 hectares of land for agriculture, according to OECD Data. Nowadays they grow temporary crops such as, cereals, temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow.
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Germany uses the total of 4,694 hectares of land for agriculture, as said in OECD Data. They grow temporary crops such as cereals, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow.
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Western German cities grow crops such as fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Therefore, the southwest favour tobacco and seed corn.
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Western Germany produced some four-fifths of its food requirements. At the beginning of the 21st century, it produces the major of agricultural products, grains, sugars oils, milk and meat, and exceeded domestic consumption, which resulted in both exports and continued surpluses.