Press release No. 066 of 28 February 2018
WIESBADEN – In German vegetable cultivation, carrots remain predominant in terms of yields. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the quantity of carrots harvested in 2017 rose 14% to 733,900 tonnes on a year earlier. This is roughly 19% of the total yield of outdoor vegetables in Germany. Most carrots were harvested in Nordrhein-Westfalen (212,000 tonnes), followed by Niedersachsen (128,100 tonnes) and Rheinland-Pfalz (102,400 tonnes).
