 Thus, Ulmet grew until the 20th century as a respectable farming village.The extensive loss of lands in the west to the Baumholder troop drilling ground and in the southwest to NATO pipeline compromised agriculture, reducing the amount of land under the plough by 164 ha.This loss, as well as developments in industry and indeed in the era following the Second World War, led to an end for almost all agricultural operations, great and small.