Much more legumes in Germany

Published 2023년 2월 7일

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The article highlights a significant increase in the cultivation and harvest of Fabaceae crops in Germany over the past ten years, as reported by the Federal Agricultural Information Center (BZL). The data shows a dramatic rise in the production of peas, broad beans, sweet lupine, and soybeans. Specifically, peas harvested in 2022 were 148% more than a decade earlier, covering approximately 107,000 hectares. Broad beans saw a fourfold increase, with a harvest of 246,000 tonnes from 71,000 hectares. Sweet lupine cultivation has nearly doubled, with a 2022 harvest of 56,000 tonnes from 32,000 hectares. Lastly, soybean cultivation has tripled since 2016, with a harvest of 128,000 tonnes from 51,000 hectares, indicating a growing trend in the cultivation of these important protein and oil-rich crops in Germany.

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Increase in the area of Fabaceae cultivation According to the Federal Agricultural Information Center (BZL), according to preliminary official data, in 2022 about 322,000 was collected. tons of peas - (not including peas). In ten years, the harvest volume increased by 148 percent. The pea cultivation area grew even faster compared to 2013. Approximately 107 thousand. ha is almost three times more than in 2013. The broad bean harvest in 2022 amounted to about 246 thousand. tonnes and were more than four times higher than ten years ago. Recently, beans were grown on about 71,000 ha. ha. It is also more than four times more than in 2013. According to BZL, German farmers have almost doubled the cultivation and harvest of sweet lupine in the last ten years. For the harvest in 2022, sweet lupine was cultivated on ...

Source: Farmer.pl