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Australia is the EU’s primary rapeseed supplier in 2021/22
At 5.3 million tonnes, EU-27 rapeseed imports from non-EU countries fell just less than 500,000 tonnes short of the previous year’s volume. Canada, the main supplier, lost much of its importance due to a small harvest. By contrast, Australia increased its market share considerably. However, the rise was not big enough to offset the decline in deliveries from Ukraine. Although the EU rapeseed harvest was somewhat larger in 2021 than 2020, total supply in the EU-27 in the 2021/22 marketing year – estimated at 22.8 million tonnes – was around 1.2 tonnes smaller than that in the 2020/21 marketing year. The drop was due to lower beginning stocks. Demand from oil mills was initially…
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Ackerbohnenblüte 2022
Sie war bei uns zwischenzeitlich etwas in Vergessenheit geraten, die Ackerbohne. Dabei ist sie unter so vielen Namen bekannt: Favabohne, Dicke Bohne, Puffbohne, Saubohne, Pferdebohne oder Viehbohne. Seit einigen Jahren kehrt sie nun zurück auf unsere Äcker. Auf rund 65.000 ha Ackerfläche bieten die Blüten der alten Kulturpflanze unterschiedlichsten Insekten gerade für rund zwei Monate ein attraktives Nahrungsangebot. „Im Rheinland und im Norden Deutschlands waren Ackerbohnen nie ganz verschwunden“, weiß Stephan Arens, Geschäftsführer des Branchenverbands UFOP. So ist es auch nicht verwunderlich, dass die Hauptanbaugebiete der vielseitigen Hülsenfrucht in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein liegen. Auch wenn laut Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes die Fläche für Ackerbohnen in den vergangenen sieben Jahren…
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USDA raises soybean production forecast
In its latest monthly report, the USDA raised its global harvest estimate and foreign trade forecast for soybeans for 2022/23. According to the USDA estimate, global soybean production in the marketing year 2022/23 is set to reach 395.4 million tonnes. This is up 680,000 tonnes on the previous month’s estimate and up 12.3 per cent from 2021/22. The key reason for expectations of a bumper crop was prospects of increased soy supply in Ukraine, although forecasts from this region should be viewed with caution due to the continuing war. The USDA expects Ukrainian soybean production at around 2.8 million tonnes, which would be 500,000 tonnes more than previously expected, but…
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EU Commission expects significantly larger grain legume crop
Based on a 6 per cent expansion of legume production area to 2.5 million hectares, the EU Commission expects the 2022 legume harvest in the EU-27 to reach around 6.9 million tonnes. This would translate to a 16 per cent rise year-on-year. The extent of production area would hit a 5-year high. Just as in the previous year, soybeans will presumably take up the largest share of the legume production area with a 5.2 per cent increase to a prospective area of 989,000 hectares. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH), this would be a new record. In the latest estimate published by the EU Commission, the feed pea area is seen to…
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Körnererbsenblüte 2022
Burger-Patty, Pflanzendrink, Sportlernahrung oder Brotaufstrich – sie haben alle etwas gemeinsam: Heutzutage werden sie oftmals aus Körnererbsen gemacht. Genau jenen bis vor Kurzem in Vergessenheit geratenen Erbsen aus dem Eintopf unserer Großmütter. Doch in diesen Tagen blühen sie im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes wieder auf. Vor allem in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen-Anhalt und Bayern stechen die leuchtend grünen Felder mit den zarten weißen Blüten ins Auge. Um ganze 18 Prozent hat die Anbaufläche von Körnererbsen 2021 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr in Deutschland zugenommen. Und auch für dieses Jahr schätzt der Branchenverband Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP), dass aktuell auf rund 100.000 ha Körnererbsen blühen. Trotz wachsender Anbaufläche kann die…
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Australia: larger rapeseed area and lower yields expected
Strong market prices as a consequence of tight global rapeseed supply and good seeding conditions are motivating Australian rapeseed growers to expand their rapeseed areas. This assessment is supported by the first report of the Australian Oilseed Federation AOF. Previously good seeding conditions in many parts of the Australian production regions have allowed producers to expand the rapeseed area essentially as planned. The AOF expects the rapeseed area to reach 3.3 million hectares. This would translate to a 12 per cent rise year-on-year. However, 2022 yields are not expected to hit new record highs. In other words, the harvest could even be smaller than in the previous year. The 2021…
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Australien: Größere Rapsfläche bei geringeren Erträgen erwartet
Hohe Marktpreise infolge einer weltweit knappen Rapsversorgung und gute Aussaatbedingungen motivieren die australischen Rapserzeuger, ihre Anbaufläche auszudehnen. Diese Einschätzung bestätigt der erste Bericht der Australian Oilseed Federation AOF. Aufgrund bisher guter Aussaatbedingungen in weiten Teilen der australischen Anbaugebiete konnten die Erzeuger die geplante Ausweitung der Anbaufläche weitgehend realisieren. Die AOF erwartet eine Anbaufläche von 3,3 Mio. ha; dies wären 12 % mehr als im Vorjahr. Allerdings werden für 2022 keine neuen Rekorderträge erwartet, so dass die Ernte sogar kleiner ausfallen könnte als im Vorjahr. 2021 waren 21,3 dt/ha gedroschen worden. Die Schätzung für die Rapsernte liegt vorerst bei 5,2 Mio. t und damit 17 % unter dem Vorjahresvolumen. Das wäre…
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EU Commission expects expansion of EU sunflower area
The EU Commission anticipates a significant increase in area for the 2022 harvest to a potential new record. The main reason is the expected expansion in production area in the most important sunflower-producing countries in the EU. According to the EU Commission’s forecast, the EU sunflower area for harvest in 2022 amounts to around 4.7 million hectares. This would translate to a 199,000 million hectare rise over the previous year. It would just exceed the 2013 peak of 4.6 million hectares. In view of an unclear situation for sowing and growing sunflowers in Ukraine due to the continued war, this is an important signal for the market supply of European oil mills.…
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EU rapeseed crop 2022 projected at five-year high
Despite previously low rainfall in some regions, the EU Commission expects the German and French rapeseed harvests to be larger than the previous year. According to recent information published by the EU Commission, the EU rapeseed harvest in 2022 will likely exceed the previous year’s by just under 8 per cent. It is currently projected at 18.30 million tonnes. In fact, it would be the largest harvest since 2017. The main factor for the presumably larger harvests in the most important rapeseed producing EU countries is the 7.5 per cent expansion in production area compared to the previous year to 5.7 million hectares. At this point in time, harvest estimates are naturally…
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Biofuels need a holistic development approach instead of a „tank/plate“ discussion
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Quota Act is the most important driver for decarbonisation of the transport sector with the increasing GHG reduction commitments until 2030. In view of the war in Ukraine, the ambitious target of a GHG quota of 25 % in 2030 is also a driver to accelerate the orientation of energy supply security towards diverse domestic and European resources, emphasises the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) against the background of a sweeping "tank or plate" discussion in the German government. The UFOP criticises that the Federal Ministers for Development and for the Environment, Schulze and Lemke, in their call for an exclusion…