AGRICULTURAL LAND AND ACTIVITIES IN MUREȘ COUNTY

This study aims to analyse one of the most important land usages, that of agricultural land, which, in 2016, held 61.2% of the entire territory of Mureş County. Of all the land uses, the most extensive are arable lands (220,797 hectares), followed by pastures and hayfields (183,519 hectares), while orchards and vineyards occupied only 6,815 hectares. In terms of crops, grain is the most widespread (corn, wheat and rye, barley, oats), followed by fodder plants (alfa alfa, clover and corn), industrial plants (sunflower, canola, soybean, sugar beet), vegetables (tomato, cabbage, onion, edible root vegetables, pepper, cucumber), as well as potatoes and melons.