Compound feed production in Germany for 2021/22: Less pig and cattle feed as well as grain, more legumes

Published 2022년 10월 12일

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The Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL) has reported a slight decrease in the production of notifiable compound feed in the 2021/22 marketing year, with a total of 22.9 million tonnes produced by 281 companies. The production of pig and cattle feed saw a decrease of 7.6% and 4.3% respectively, due to adequate forage harvest in 2021 and lower rapeseed harvest in Germany in 2021 coupled with Russia's war in Ukraine. The processing of soybean meal slightly surpassed that of rapeseed meal, and there was a notable increase in the processing of pulses, particularly other legumes, while grain processing experienced a decline.
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10/12/2022 | 11:57:00 | ID: 34300 | Department: Agriculture | agricultural economics Bonn (agrar-PR) - According to the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL), 281 notifiable companies produced a total of 22.9 million tonnes of compound feed in the 2021/22 marketing year - in the previous year there were six more companies (23.9 million tonnes). The production volume of pig feed also fell by 7.6 percent, but with 9.1 million tons it remains the most important type of feed. With a production volume of 6.5 million tons, cattle feed remains in second place, but fell by 4.3 percent. The reason for this development is the sufficient forage harvest in 2021.Soybean meal again slightly ahead of rapeseed mealFor the total production volume, around 20.1 million tons of notifiable raw materials were processed. The average production quantity per company is 81,324 tons - 2.3 percent less than in the same period last year. At 2.435 million tons, soybean meal is again slightly above ...
Source: Agrar

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