Agriculture

Argentina: Agriculture

Principal Crops ('000 metric tons)


	2004	2005	2006
Wheat	15,960	12,574	14,000
Rice (paddy)	1,060	1,027	1,193
Barley	1,004	894	1,268
Maize	14,951	20,483	14,446
Rye	37	92	33
Oats	536	227	243
Sorghum	2,160	2,894	2,328
Potatoes	2,021	2,432^*	2,432^*
Sweet potatoes^*	276	272	272
Cassava (Manioc)^*	173	176	176
Sugar cane^*	17,826	18,799	18,799
Dry beans	151	169	323
Soybeans (Soya beans)	31,500	38,300	40,467
Groundnuts (in shell)	419	593	496
Olives^*	97	97	97
Sunflower seed	3,100	3,652	3,798
Artichokes^*	88	89	89
Tomatoes^*	664	660	660
Pumpkins, squash and gourds^*	284	278	278
Chillies and green peppers^*	130	134	134
Dry onions	699	773	773^*
Garlic	143	116	116^*
Carrots and turnips^*	248	252	252
Watermelons^*	126	126	126
Cantaloupes and other melons^*	79	78	78
Bananas^*	171	167	167
Oranges	770^†	792^*	792^*
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines and satsumas^*	641	660	660
Lemons and limes	1,300^†	1,393^*	1,393^*
Grapefruit and pomelos	170^†	191^*	191^*
Apples	1,262	1,272^*	1,272^*
Pears	510	510^*	510^*
Peaches and nectarines	272	256^*	256^*
Plums and sloes	127	132^*	132^*
Grapes^†	2,651	2,830	2,881
Tea (made)	70	68	68^*
Mate	252	265	265^*
Tobacco (leaves)	118^*	164	164^*
Cotton (lint)	112^†	160^†	160^*

^* FAO estimate(s)

^† Unofficial estimate(s)

Aggregate production ('000 metric tons, may include official, semi-official or estimated data): Total cereals 35,750 in 2004, 38,239 in 2005, 33,556 in 2006; Total roots and tubers 2,470 in 2004, 2,880 in 2005, 2,880 in 2006; Total vegetables (incl. melons) 3,193 in 2004, 3,239 in 2005, 3,239 in 2006; Total fruits (excl. melons) 7,969 in 2004, 8,303 in 2005, 8,351 in 2006.

Source: FAO

Livestock ('000 head, year ending September)


	2003	2004	2005
Horses^*	3,655	3,655	3,655
Asses, mules or hinnies	283^*	283^*	n.a.
Cattle	50,869^†	50,768^†	50,768^*
Pigs^*	1,500	1,490	1,490
Sheep^*	12,450	12,450	12,450
Goats^*	4,200	4,200	4,200
Chickens^*	110,700	95,000	95,000
Ducks	2,355^*	2,355^*	n.a.
Geese^*	140	140	140
Turkeys^*	2,900	2,900	2,900

^* FAO estimate(s)

^† Unofficial figure

2006: Available data are assumed to be unchanged from 2005 (FAO estimates).

Source: FAO

Livestock Products ('000 metric tons)


	2004	2005	2006
Cattle meat	3,024	2,980	2,980^*
Sheep meat^*	52	52	52
Pig meat^*	179	188	188
Horse meat^*	56	56	56
Chicken meat	866	1,010	1,156
Cows' milk	8,100^†	8,100^*	8,100^*
Hen eggs^*	300	300	300
Honey^*	88	93	93
Wool: greasy^*	60	60	60

^* FAO estimate(s)

^† Unofficial figure

Source: FAO

Citation: Agriculture (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 21 November 2008 from http://www.europaworld.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.17

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