French Farmers Produce Millions Of Tons Of Agricultural Products This Way – French Farming

French Farmers Produce Millions Of Tons Of Agricultural Products This Way – French Farming

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Today, we will go to agricultural farms in France to discover how the people of this country produce millions of tons of agricultural products every year.
France is the first agricultural producer and also the largest agricultural producer in Europe. France’s agricultural output accounts for 18% of Europe, followed by Italy and Spain.

hello my friends today we will go to agricultural farms in France to discover how people of this country produce millions of tons of agricultural products every year France is the first agricultural producer and also the largest agricultural producer in Europe France’s agricultural upet accounts for 18% of Europe followed by Italy and Spain France ranks first in Western Europe in terms of agricultural land area in 2022 France had nearly 74 million Acres of agricultural land accounting for 52.4% of the country’s total land more than three fths of them are used for growing crops currently France has about 430,000 Farms $824,000 people live and work on farms in France these Farms mostly focus on producing Beef Pork fresh milk and cheese the French grow cereals wheat corn potatoes tomatoes and fruits such as apples pears and grapes according to the latest statistics in the first half of 2022 the fruit and vegetable industry in France provides 450,000 jobs and has about 75,000 companies now we’re going to Britney the Western most region of France to see how people here produce tons of fruit and vegetables every year it’s late summer the perfect time to harvest Tomatoes This is a 107 acre tomato field in Breton from early morning about two to three Farmers arrived at the same tomato picking machine to start harvesting the best time of day to pick tomatoes is in the morning before the sun is high this will help the tomatoes stay fresh longer currently France uses 12,000 to 15,000 acres of land to grow tomatoes Tomatoes take 60 days to more than 110 days to harvest a tomato meets standards when its color is about 1 half green and 1 half red this Harvester picks Tomatoes off the plant quickly after picking it drops the fruit to the ground these fruits continue to pass through a sorting engine here the debris is completely removed the tomatoes are collected using an exhaust fan today a modern tomato Harvester like this costs nearly $560,000 it can Harvest 70 tons per hour here tomatoes are washed all damaged fruits are removed and size is checked finally the tomatoes are canned and shipped in fact tomatoes are the most consumed vegetable in France French households consume nearly 14 kg of tomatoes every year interestingly 100% of tomatoes grown in France are sold for fresh consumption the ketchup bottles that the French make all used Tomatoes imported from Canada each year between 600,000 and 800,000 of tomatoes are produced as a result France became the fifth largest tomato producer in Europe with 1/3 of the country’s total Tomatoes coming from Britany say goodbye to ripe Tomatoes now we’re heading to the maritime elps to see how Farmers here Harvest tons of pears every year pears are a typical fruit of France this is early September Farmers begin to harvest pears there are about 15 Farmers both men and women present in the fields usually these people will move between the plant beds with a vehicle with a large container 99% of pairs are picked by hand this way the man is holding a pair in his hand and lifting it from the branch there are butter paars a typical pear species of France it has a teardrop shape with greenish brown skin covered with small Peas on the surface it can take 3 to 10 years for pear trees to begin flowering and bearing fruit pear trees in France can live up to 200 years after harvesting this vehicle will transport all the newly picked pairs to the processing Factory here the pears are washed with water next a very important step is to check the weight if it fails the peir will be immediately discarded or sented juice production the standard weight of a pair is about. 35 lb in 2021 85,681 workers Nationwide in addition to pairs France is famous for its grape production the country is the world’s largest wine producer it is now midt this is the time when the laah valley France begins to enter the grape harvest season from early morning about 20 workers were present in the field they formed groups of two one person on either side of the vines next they carefully separate each Bunch from the tree and put it in a basket in France the most planted grape variety is Mero accounting for 14% of the grape growing area its fruit is dark green green and is used specifically for wine production France produces more than 5 million tons of grapes each year France is the origin of many grape varieties grown globally for hundreds of years France has produced 219 quality wines the grape Harvest is complete the Bunches of grapes are loaded onto trucks and moov to the processing area here wine makers will do their work first the grapes are cleaned and rotten fruit is removed next the grapes are crushed into juice grape juice will be fermented in wine barrels for 7 to 21 days depending on the type of wine you will find more than 27,000 wineries distributed throughout France in 2021 the French wine industry brought the country 29.2 billion the next destination is farms in eastern France where the climate is dry and mountainous here let’s find out how the French raise livestock this is a morning at a farm of more than 1,00 ,000 cattle in the burgundy region Eastern France the man was driving a cart filled with hay the cart moves into the middle of the barn to drop grass into the feeding trough each cow here needs to eat 24 lbs of hay per day equal to 2% of their body weight statistics in 2021 the number of cows in France is 18.95 3 million in fact French beef is world famous for its rich flavor it is highly rated by 90% of the world’s top chefs the reason is thanks to the Green Pastures in France this is a herd of 55 cows on sunny days the cows will be allowed to roam freely on the Prairie to eat fresh grass the man was using a roll of rope to enclose the grazing area the allowable area is approximately 80 sare ft in a day a cow can eat from 25,000 to 30,000 pieces of grass drinking water is also important the farmer brought enough water to the grazing area for the cows each cow drinks about 2.25 gallons of water per day they drink water 2 to six times a day there are more than 200,000 cattle farmers in France producing 1.5 million tons of meat each year making the country Europe’s top beef producer and the seventh largest in the world on average a French person eats 83.0 5 lbs of beef per year in France in addition to Beef Cattle Dairy farming is a profitable business this is a herd of 160 dairy cows in a drum province in the east of [Music] France the sun has risen the dairy cows are free they walk on the grasslands and eat fresh grass currently France has about 60,000 dairy farms 80% of cow’s food is grass the rest is corn and Grains the dairy cows here are raised 100% for milk like humans cows only produce milk after they give birth dairy cows must give birth to one calf each year to continue producing milk now the woman is milking the cow using a specialized machine every day the cows are milked two to three times on average a cow will produce 6 to seven gallons of milk per day after Germany France is the second largest milk producer in Europe and contributes 3.5% to World milk production their milk can be used to produce pasteurized milk cheese or sweets not only prominent in raising cows goats are also a popular type of livestock in France according to livestock surveys in 2022 the countries with the most goats in Europe are Greece Spain Romania and France the fren French goat herd mainly consists of Alpine and San Brands among them San goats are the most profitable farmers can earn $36 per day this is a herd of San goats with 240 goats in the city of Tours France the man is trying to move the goats from the barn to the pasture every day the goats have 3 hours to graze fresh grass here a goat’s daily food intake ranges from 3 to 4% of body weight about 2.18 lb of grass on average France raises 1, 12238 20116 goats each year producing 590,000 tons of milk a goat farmer can earn between $8 and $12 per gallon most importantly the French do not eat goat meat 99% of goats are raised for milk and cheese making France is the largest producer of pure goat cheese in the world there are 650 processing plants supplying 1,200 different types of cheese butter and cream it takes 1 gallon of goat milk to make 2.25 lb of cheese cheese is so important in French cuisine that it’s hard to imagine life without it according to statistics 96% of French people eat cheese each French person eats about 52.8 lbs of cheese each year France was one of Europe’s largest agricultural centers during the century what do you feel after discovering from a toz about this country’s agriculture please leave a comment below now we say goodbye and we’ll see you again in the next video