Germany: Grain balance in the 2021/2022 season

Published 2022년 11월 25일

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In the 2021/2022 season, Germany's grain consumption saw a decrease of nearly 4 million tons, totaling around 39 million tons, primarily due to a drop in grain use for animal feed by 16 percent. This decrease was attributed to lower compound feed production and increased feed component costs. Despite lower yields, German agriculture managed to meet domestic demand by providing enough grain and cereal products, achieving a self-sufficiency rate of 109 percent. This was supported by increased production for food and industrial use, as well as efforts to support countries like Ukraine affected by the war.

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According to preliminary data from the Federal Agricultural Information Center (BZL), domestic grain consumption fell by almost 4 million tons and amounted to about 39 million tons in the 2021/2022 season. Almost 54 percent cereals were used for animal feed - 4.6 percentage points less than in the previous year. Almost 23 percent grain in Germany was used for food production (+ 3 percentage points), while around 18% (1 percentage point less) went to industrial and energy use. Seed grain and losses together amounted to almost 6 percent. Consumption for animal feed has decreased In the 2021/2022 season in Germany, 20.9 million tons of grain were used for animal feed, which is about 16 percent less than the year before. Of this, about 6.6 million tons are wheat and 5.1 million tons are barley and maize. The reduced use of grain for feed is due, among other things, to the reduction in the production of compound feed in the 2021/2022 season. Pig feed production, the most important type ...

Source: Farmer.pl