Central Champagne abounds in agricultural richnesses: sugar beets, cereals, lucerne, potatoes, oleaginous plants (colza), vineyards, woods ...
The Marne county, which belongs to Central Champagne, often stands in the first French ranks for its farming production and at global level in some cases.
Central Champagne houses the 3rd global malting, Malteurop, a subsidiary of Champagne Céréales (1st cooperative group of cereals collect in Europe).
The Marne county produces more than 12 % of the French production of sugar beets ranking just behind the Aisne county. Great industrial leaders are present in the Marne county via Téréos and Cristal Union, in Central Champagne Sucre Union Conditionnement in Sermaize-les-Bains. Sugar beets are currently studied with attention for the new markets they offer in the field of biofuels .
- Cereals : 2nd French producer - Colza Production : 5th national rank ; - Dehydrated lucerne : 1st French producer - Potatoes : 3rd national rank, with Mac Cain, near Châlons-en-Champagne and transformation of potato flour for industrial uses.
Fizzy farming resources
Central Champagne is also vines and champagne with: - 1529 ha vineyards; - 27 producing locations ; - more than1000 wine-growers ; - 17 million kg grapes harvested ; - 2.5 million bottles shipped - with prestigious cellars: Joseph Perrier , Duval Leroy ... , 30 kms cellars for the storage of several million bottles
Mont-Bernard agricultural complex
In the heart of this large champagne plain, Mont-Bernard agricultural complex gathers the main decision-taking and farming-advising bodies:
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