Legumes crop record expected in the EU

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, ...