Agriculture and silviculture

The land fond has a surface of 708,267 ha whereof the agricultural surface is of 281,093 ha. The agricultural surface in relation to the soil quality and relief form is divided on usage categories such as:

• 80.518 ha arable land
• 117.307 ha natural grass land
• 82.185 ha natural grass-land
• 1.076 ha fruit tree meadows
• 13 ha grape vine

The agricultural surface set up for irrigation is of 2,838 ha whereof the arable irrigated surface 1,818 ha. Because of the specific soil and clime conditions agriculture is oriented towards obtaining cereal and a green crop based production. The main agricultural products are: cereals corns (wheat, rye, oat, barley), corn, potatoes, sugar beet, vegetables, fruits. Within animal diversity the balance is held by bovines, swine, ovine, caprine and poultry. The forests and other terrains with forest vegetation occupy a surface of 312,382 ha of the total forest fund:

• conifer forests: 86,801 ha;
• broad-leaves trees forests: 205,152 ha

from this point of view the County of Hunedoara holding the 3^rd place within the country.

Annually a wooden mass of approximately 500 - 600 thousand cubic metres is performed by means of regeneration and maintenance cutting of young trees sold towards the population and economic agents. Also important quantities of forest fruits, medicinal plants, comestible mushrooms, forage, seeds, hunting meat are sold.. The main hunt is the Carpathian deer, the lynx and the mountain rooster. The waters and meadows fens cover a surface of 5,746 ha and the surface occupied by other types of terrain is 34,730 ha.