Following a general account of the weather, land use, application of fertilizers and pest and disease control products, and an overview of the crops grown and their yields, most of the review is devoted to reports on individual crops. These were winter barley, winter rye, triticale, winter wheat, spring barley, oats, spring wheat, peas, grasses, spinach, rape, potatoes, sugarbeet and maize. Other sections cover alternative crops (for bioenergy production), manuring and fertilizers, cultural methods, organic methods, advisory work on plant breeding, tables of approved species and varieties of crop plants, lists of relevant organizations, a list of authors of the sections, and a comprehensive subject index.
