Norway has available 0,2 ha arable land per inhabitant. 3 per cent of Norway`s surface or 1.03 million ha is under agricultural cultivation. Grassland accounts for 0.42 million ha or 48 percent of the farmland. Cereals account for 0.3 million ha or 32 percent of the farmland (54 per cent barley, 26 per cent oat and 19 per cent wheat). Length of growing season – days>5 degree Celcius – are 190 in the south and 140 in the north.