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Where are relatively most beets grown?

16 September 2019 - Eric de Lijster

The 2019 beet campaign is in full swing. In the Netherlands, sugar beet grows on approximately 16,5% of the arable acreage. But, which municipality has relatively the most sugar beet within its borders?

This question is obviously right up the alley of the Top 5 of Boerenbusiness, which was compiled by Statistics Netherlands (CBS)) from the figures of the 2018 Agricultural Census. In an absolute sense, it is clear. Most hectares of sugar beet are harvested in the Noordoostpolder municipality. The sugar beet acreage there was 2018 hectares in 3.855, good for 14,3% of the arable acreage of the Noordoostpolder.

Relatively speaking, however, sugar beet cultivation in the Noordoostpolder is not large. In other municipalities, the share of beet in the arable acreage within the municipal boundaries is much larger. Take Stein, for example, in Limburg. Of the 148 hectares of arable land, 33,5% is reserved for the cultivation of sugar beet. This puts the village in first place in the Top 5. 

Meeting of two provinces
"The ranking is a Limburg and Brabant meeting. The first 17 municipalities in the list come from these 2 provinces," says Cor Pierik, head of agriculture at CBS. After Stein, three more municipalities from Limburg follow: Simpelveld (3%), Meerssen (32,1%) and Schinnen (29,5%). The top 28,9 is closed by the Noord-Brabantse Grave. There, sugar beet accounts for about 5% of the arable acreage.

Only in eighteenth place is a municipality from another province, Borger-Odoorn, in Drenthe. The share of sugar beet there is 24,2% of its arable acreage. Borger-Odoorn, on the other hand, is in second place with an area of ​​3.249 hectares in terms of absolute number of hectares.

    Area in hectares Percentage
1 Stein (L.) 148 33,5%
2 Simpelveld 161 32,1%
3 meerssen 185 29,5%
4 Schinnen 226 28,9%
5 Grave 112 28,8%
6 Sittard-Geleen 440 28,5%
7 Boekel 182 28,2%
8 Mill and Sint Hubert 175 28,1%
9 Eijsden-Margraten 404 28,0%
10 Gulpen-Wittem 392 27,1%
11 Voerendaal 269 26,9%
12 Nuth 269 26,2%
13 Roerdalen 440 25,2%
14 Underbenches 135 25,1%
15 Echt-Susteren 591 25,0%
16 Geertruidenberg 150 24,7%
17 Peel and Maas 533 24,4%
18 Borger-Odoorn 3.249 24,2%
19 Texel 728 24,0%
20 Nieuwkoop 119 23,7%
21 aalburg 187 23,0%
22 Oss 223 22,8%
23 Landerd 110 22,5%
24 Coevorden 1.322 22,5%
25 Stadskanaal 1.382 22,4%
26 Emmen 3.213 22,2%
27 Westerwolde 3.002 21,9%
28 pekela 785 21,9%
29 Roermond 111 21,8%
30 Valkenburg aan de Geul 179 21,7%
31 Alphen-Chaam 212 21,5%
32 Gennep 195 21,5%
33 Harlingen 131 21,3%
34 Bergeijk 268 20,7%
35 Lingewaard 168 20,7%
36 Assen 217 20,5%
37 Berg en Dal 173 20,4%
38 Veendam 749 20,3%
39 Boxmeer 360 20,2%
40 Eersel 203 20,1%
41 Midden-Drenthe 1.930 20,0%
42 Asten 121 19,9%
43 Kaag and Braassem 152 19,9%
44 Haarlemmermeer 1.121 19,8%
45 Maasgouw 124 19,7%
46 Aa and Hunze 1.432 19,6%
47 Hollands Kroon 2.705 19,5%
48 Leudal 787 19,4%
49 Veere 879 19,3%
50 Tynaarlo 408 19,2%
51 Zeewolde 1.894 19,1%
52 Bladel 159 19,0%
53 Middelburg (Z.) 327 19,0%
54 Horst aan de Maas 487 18,9%
55 Venray 516 18,9%
56 Beemster 196 18,9%
57 Hardenberg 1.077 18,8%
58 Maastricht 151 18,8%
59 Uden 151 18,7%
60 Ommen 274 18,7%
61 overbetuwe 265 18,6%
62 Zevenaar 157 18,5%
63 Goes 815 18,5%
64 Vlissingen 111 18,5%
65 Kollumerland and Nieuwkruisland 220 18,2%
66 Oud-Beijerland 130 18,2%
67 Bergen op Zoom 199 17,9%
68 Drimmelen 432 17,4%
69 Cromstrijen 615 17,2%
70 Reusel-De Mierden 357 17,1%
71 Wading corner 1.467 16,9%
72 Raalte 126 16,7%
73 Hoogeveen 149 16,7%
74 Woudrichem 249 16,7%
75 Noord Beveland 779 16,5%
76 bernheze 134 16,2%
77 Buren 128 16,1%
78 Werkendam 448 16,1%
79 Roosendaal 347 16,0%
80 Borsele 1.097 16,0%
81 Lelystad 1.024 15,9%
82 Dronten 2.757 15,8%
83 Dordrecht 182 15,8%
84 Southwest Friesland 197 15,6%
85 Steenbergen 1.225 15,6%
86 Moerdijk 1.093 15,5%
87 Noordenveld 344 15,5%
88 Schouwen-Duiveland 1.389 15,4%
89 hilvarenbeek 213 15,3%
90 Deurne 245 15,2%
91 Bergen (L.) 185 15,1%
92 De Marne 1.246 15,0%
93 Hellevoetsluis 246 14,9%
94 Lochem (NL) 129 14,9%
95 Sint anthonis 365 14,9%
96 Oldambt 1.566 14,8%
97 's-Hertogenbosch 129 14,7%
98 Goeree-Overflakkee 1.614 14,7%
99 Central Groningen 1.688 14,6%
100 Korendijk 510 14,6%
101 Westvoorne 106 14,6%
102 Eemsmond 1.522 14,4%
103 Wijchen 139 14,4%
104 Kapelle 157 14,3%
105 Tholen 1.041 14,3%
106 Noordoostpolder 3.855 14,3%
107 Sluis 2.404 14,2%
108 Nissewaard 237 13,9%
109 Holly 1.387 13,8%
110 Nederweert 237 13,8%
111 Twenterand 145 13,8%
112 Binnenmaas 432 13,7%
113 Reimerswaal 415 13,7%
114 Bronckhorst 365 13,6%
115 Dongeradeel 546 13,5%
116 Delfzijl 796 13,4%
117 Woensdrecht 255 13,2%
118 montferland 125 13,2%
119 loppersum 626 12,8%
120 Meierijstad 205 12,7%
121 Terneuzen 1.629 12,6%
122 Baarle-nassau 161 12,4%
123 Zuidplas 161 12,4%
124 Ferwerderadiel 228 12,1%
125 Zuidhorn 313 12,0%
126 Gemert Bakel 200 12,0%
127 Strijen 226 11,8%
128 Halderberge 240 11,2%
129 Winsum 201 11,0%
130 Weert 118 10,4%
131 Westerveld 103 9,6%
132 Oude IJsseltreek 100 9,4%
133 De Wolden 123 8,9%
134 Schagen 147 7,5%
       
  Municipalities with less
than 100 hectares
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Eric the Thrush

Eric is a member of the editorial staff of Boerenbusiness. As a descendant of an arable family, farmer's blood flows through Eric's veins. He considers himself a generalist, but with a preference for economics, trends, markets and marketing.

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