Legumes crop record expected in the EU

Published 2024년 4월 10일

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In 2024, European Union farmers are expected to significantly increase their legume cultivation to a record 2.754 million hectares, marking a 3.5% rise from 2023, with soybeans alone projected to see a 10.3% increase in cultivation area. This optimistic outlook by the European Commission, which also anticipates a 12.2% boost in legume harvests to 7.108 million tonnes, is further supported by the EU grain traders' association Coceral, which has even higher expectations for soybean growth. The expansion in legume cultivation, including crops like field faba beans and sweet lupine, but with a noted decrease in fodder peas, is viewed as a move towards more sustainable agriculture, highlighting the role of legumes in climate protection and biodiversity. However, the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) emphasizes that the success of this shift towards legume-based crop rotations will heavily depend on consumer choices.

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Record cultivation area Farmers in the European Union are expected to grow legumes more widely this year than ever before. According to preliminary estimates by the European Commission, the area in question covers a record size of 2.754 million hectares. It would be 3.5 percent. more than in 2023. Of this, 1.098 million hectares will probably be devoted to soybean cultivation, which would mean an increase of 10.3% compared to the previous year and would be a new record. Farmers in France and Croatia in particular are likely to increase the cultivation of this oilseed crop. A record area of 53,000 sq m is expected for Germany. hectares. That's about 8 thousand. hectares more than last year. Coceral Forecast Experts from Brussels, however, remained well below the forecasts of the EU umbrella association of grain traders (Coceral), which a few days earlier estimated the area of soybean cultivation in the Community at 1.194 million hectares. According to European Commission estimates, ...

Source: Farmer.pl