Agriculture

Most of Norway is made up of farmland. Especially in the southern part of the country. Lots of corn fields and wheat farms.  Before the industrial recolution, norway's economy was laregly based on agriculture but since the expansion and growing of services and oil related industries there has been a major decline in Norway's agriculture.

Agriculture in Norway accounts for about 2 percent of annual GDP, and only 3 percent of the land is cultivated,which seems natural, since it can get pretty cold, the thin soils, Grains are grown only in the south while western Norway has some livestock raising and dairy farming. The leading crops in 1998 were cereal, particularly barley, wheat, and oats (total output of 1.3 million metric tons),and potatoes (400,320 tons). In 1998, there were 2.5 million sheep, 998,400 cattle, and 768,400 hogs in the country. Norway is still a major fishing nation and is self-sufficient in many agricultural products, but fruits, vegetables, and most grains are all imported. Agriculture and fishing remain protected by the Norwegian government

Pest forecasting of Norwegian agriculture:

A network of 52 weather stations in Norway is operated by the Norwegian Crop Research Institute. The main goal of the network is to reduce the use of pesticides, resulting in better crops at lower costs in a better environment. information from the stations is used in forecasting models that look to provide early warning of conditions such as apple scab, potato late blight, cabbage moth, cereal diseases and turnip moth. The stations measure air temperature, humidity, wind speed, leaf wetness, and global radiation. Some stations also measure rainfall, soil temperature, and sunshine.