Germany: Corn silage yields above previous year

The changeable weather of the year 2021 resulted in a nationwide average increase in silage maize yields. However, the yields fluctuate significantly in the federal states. As the German Maiskomitee e.V. (DMK) reports based on preliminary evaluations by the Federal Statistical Office, the yield in 2021 (as of September 22) is 451.0 dt / ha, 6% above last year's result of 423.9 dt / ha. The six-year average from 2015 to 2020 is even significantly lower at 414.3 dt / ha. In a country comparison, however, there are strong differences in this year's harvest. While the farmers in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony were able to bring in above-average yields with 470.4 and 410.6 dt / ha compared to the previous year (+22.4 and + 22.5%), the yield in Schleswig-Holstein was 436 .0 dt / ha 5.2% lower than in the previous year. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, too, the silage maize yields did not quite reach the previous year's result (385.3 dt / ha, which corresponds to -1.7%). Farmers in ...