Average EU legume harvest, UFOP wants more funding
Published Sep 22, 2022
Tridge summary
The EU production of legumes for the 2022 harvest is likely to exceed the previous year's result with a plus of 4%, but remains at the average of the past few years. Field peas and field beans recorded the greatest growth. This is announced by the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP). According to estimates by the EU Commission, almost 6.2 million tonnes of legumes should be harvested in the Union in 2022, 4% more than in the previous year. However, the record result of 6.9 million t in 2017 will be clearly missed, the UFOP continues to quote.
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Field peas and field beans in particular were threshed more extensively at 2.1 and 1.3 million t respectively, an increase of 13% compared to the previous year. According to estimates by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH), this plus is due to both the expansion of the area and the expected higher yields, writes the UFOP. Harvesting of the main legumes in the EU (Image source: EU Commission) The most important legume in the EU-27 remains the soybean with a slightly reduced share of 42% in the legume harvest. Producers are likely to bring in around 2.6 million tonnes in 2022, around 2% less than in the previous year. The long-term average will be missed by an estimated 4% despite an increase in the area under cultivation, because the heat and drought have significantly reduced the yield potential. The most significant decline is expected for sweet lupins. At 264,000 t, the harvest is expected to be around 18% below last year's result. ...
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