The location of Poland in the belt of great European plains has significantly influenced the way land is utilized. Arable land is uniformly spread tHRoughout the whole country. This distribution is best illustrated by statistics showing the share of arable land in proportion to total acreage within voivodships. The SIZE of shares is mainly influenced by surface features and soils. In the case of Zielona Gora, Gorzow Wielkopolski and Pila, their weak soils are occupied to a large extent by forests.
Grains clearly dominate agricultural land uses.
Rye has recently become the most popular grain. In 1994 rye was sown on 2,430,000 ha, while wheat occupied 2,410,000 ha, barley 1,030,000 ha and oat 670,000 ha. Farmland is the only form of land use which is systematically decreasing. This fact, in connection with the increase in population of Poland caused a decrease of per capita acreage of farmland. In 1980 this figure was 0.54 ha per person, in 1994 it was only 0.48 ha.