In 2019, France had approximately 430 000 farms.
824 000 people lives and works on farms in France.
One quarter of the farm heads or joint-heads are women.
France holds the EU’s biggest cattle herd
19 million head of cattle including 3,6 million dairy cows
The main types of animal production : milk 36 %, cattle 22 %, poultry 14 %, pigs 13 %, veal calves 6 %, eggs 4 %, sheep and goats 3 %, other 3 %
France is the first European agricultural producer
France accounts for 18 % of European agricultural production, ahead of Italy and Spain.
The major field crops (cereals, oilseed, protein crops, beet…) represent a little over 45 % of agricultural area.
The fruit and vegetable sector provides 450,000 direct jobs and counts about 75,000 companies.
36% of French land is natural space
Woodland covers 17 million hectares or nearly 31 % of the metropolitan territory.
https://agriculture.gouv.fr/infographics-farming-france
https://agriculture.gouv.fr/video-made-france-made-you-0
https://agriculture.gouv.fr/infographics-frances-rankings-agricultural-and-agrifood-production
