Editing Schleswig-Holstein (section)

===Agriculture===

63% of land in Schleswig-Holstein (990 403 ha) is used for agriculture (national average 47%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Umbruch auf dem Acker|url=https://story.kn-online.de/landwirtschaft/|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121203039/https://story.kn-online.de/landwirtschaft/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cultivated crops:<ref name="Schleswig">{{cite web|title=Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg – Landwirtschaft|url=http://www.heimatundwelt.de/kartenansicht.xtp?artId=978-3-14-100263-8&stichwort=Sonderkultur&fs=1|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410115403/http://www.heimatundwelt.de/kartenansicht.xtp?artId=978-3-14-100263-8&stichwort=Sonderkultur&fs=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Wheat, 208 000 ha
* Maize for [[silage]], 176 000 ha
* Winter [[rapeseed]], 112 000 ha
* [[Sugar beet]], 7 500 ha
* [[Potatoes]], 5 500 ha

There are some special cultivation regions:
* [[Elbmarschen]], west of [[Hamburg]] for fruits cultivation
* [[Dithmarschen|Ditmarschen]] for [[cabbage]]
* Between [[Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein|Mölln]] and [[Lübeck]] for [[asparagus]]
* [[Pinneberg (district)|Pinneberg]] for tree [[Plant nursery|nurseries]] and flower garden (especially, [[rose]]s of [[Rosen Tantau]] and [[W. Kordes' Söhne]]), 2 931 ha. These 2 companies have over 50% of the world cut roses market. There is a German Nurseries Museum ("Deutsches Baumschulmuseum").<ref name="Schleswig"/>

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File:Rosa Iceberg 1.jpg|Rosa Iceberg ("World-favorite Rose", 1983) from W. Kordes' Söhne
File:Baumschule Pinneberg.jpg|Tree nursery in Pinneberg
File:Rape-fieldSH.jpg|Rapeseed
File:Gewächshaus Tantau.jpg|Greenhouse of Rosen Tantau
File:Apricola (Kordes 2000).JPG|Rosa Apricola ("Goldenen Rose", 2005) from W. Kordes' Söhne
File:Schuelp kohlfeld einspruehen.JPG|Cabbage Field
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