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Jürgen Recknagel

German Soybean Association - LTZ Augustenberg

2nd International Danube Soya Congress – Augsburg, October 25-26, 2013

Soybean Production in Germany

Current Situation and Perspectives

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Content

1. Market demand

2. Production areas

3. Production systems

4. Research and Development

5. Perspectives

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1. Market demand

Markets exist

• organic: food and feed

• conventional: non-GMO protein feed for

the animals producing milk and meet for

nonGMO labeled brands

... and seem to be not exhaustable in

the next few years.

Prices are competitive:

45-50 (conv.) ....75-95 €/dt (organic)

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2. Soybean production areas

World 2010/11: 103 Mio. ha

Grafik: Lehner, Finadvice Linz

Europe: 0,36 Mio. ha EU27 incl. Serb/Croat/Bosnia: 0,58 Mio.ha

Grafik: Riesterer, LEL GD

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EUs Soybean area is marginal compared to the rest of the world

.... and Germany‘s area is marginal in the EU!

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Quelle: bis 2004 BMELV, danach Erhebungen von Sojaförderring bei Vertragspartnern und Bundesländern (unvollständig)

2. Soybean production area

Germany 2003-2013 (ha)

Organic share in B.-W. soy: (%): 42 37 32 27

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2. Soybean production regions in Germany:

actually and potentially

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2. Soybean production in Baden-Württ. 2009-2013

2009

383 ha

2010

734 ha

2011

1.061 ha

2012

1.417 ha

2013

2.178 ha

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3. Cultivation systems

• 000 cultivars predominant (00 only in warmest regions)

• in rotations with maize and cereals ...

- instead of maize (western corn root worm-regulations)

- instead of rapeseed (dry regions)

- instead of barley

• Seed in April-(May): 55-70 s/m², 15-75 cm rows

- Inoculation: HighStick/Force 48; FixFertig

- weed control: PE (few products) or mech. ... decisive!

- no significant pests and diseases yet

- harvest in September (October) (averages 23-28 dt/ha)

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4. Research: Soybean trials Germany 2011-13

Oberhummel

Frankenhausen Salbitz

Dornburg

Gadegast

Fritzlar

Ehra - Lessien

Euerfeld

Gro ß aitingen

Gro ß - L ü

N ü rtingen

Friedberg M ü . Hof

Darmstadt

Buttelstedt

Kissing

Beetzendorf

Ro ß leben Gro ß enstein

Bad Hersfeld

Crailsheim

Orschweier (39/42/35)

Oberhummel (31/46/48)

Frankenhausen (26/27 ö) Salbitz (48/36/)

Dornburg (S/28/30)

Gadegast (32/21/)

Fritzlar (18/-/27)

Bingen (41/34/52 irr.) (22/16/22) Euerfeld/Gützingen (44/26/40)

Eckartsweier (36/49/B)

Friedberg (35/33/26)

Griesheim (-/27/22)

Buttelstedt

Kissing

Beetzendorf (33/28/)

Hohenheim (41/35/40 ö)

Crailsheim (18/34/S ö)

= other sites - demonstrations

Legend:

Heatsum Mai-Sep

= high

= medium

= low Speyer (-/28/S)

Herxheim (-/31/26)

Grötzingen (43/36/40 ö) Nürtingen (50/38/35)

Müllheim (46/43/36 c) (42/41/40 ö)

Großaitingen (33/38/H)

Rotthalmünster (32/46/28)

Mühlhausen (30/20/21 ö)

Osnabrück (29/22/ ö) (31/24/ c)

Ehra-Lessien (30/15/ ö)

Groß-Lüsewitz (24/13/18)

Roßleben (44/25/)

Großenstein (27/27/)

Gladbacher Hof (34/28/38 ö)

Bad Hersfeld (24/21/35)

Bernburg ( -/41/)

Tailfingen (-/45/S)

Bischheim/Müw. (-/30/30)

site (dt/ha b. 86%TM, 2011/12/13)

Gottmannsdorf (-/17/27) Aub

BIT

DÜR

Ostrach

Fürstenhof

irr. = irrigated B = birds

c = conventional H = hail

ö = organic S = soilcomp.

Köln-Auweiler (40/30/30 ö)

Bönnigheim (-/-/39)

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4. Heat sums (CHU) May-September 2005-2013

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3600

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

CH

U (

°C)

Jahr

Crop Heat Units (Soja) im Zeitraum 01.05.-30.09. Jahre 2005 - 2013

Region 1

ø 3181

Region 2

ø 2892

Region 3

ø 2747

Crop Heat Units (soy) – May 1st to September 30th, years 2005-2013

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5. Perspectives: increasing added value

Best in organic agriculture

As well as conventional in regions where

• Other crops have more difficulties (e.g. rapeseed

in regions with draught in early summer)

• Crop rotations have to be enlarged (tight cereal

rotations, monoculture of maize (diabrotica)

and in farms, that have more added value through

their proper feed production (e.g. egg-farmers with

direct marketing)

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Großaitingen

Gröningen

Herzberg/E. Nordstemmen

Kehl

Aschau/Inn

Kissing

5. Perspectives: soybean processing sites

Kirchham

Freiburg

Schwerin

Lörrach

Berlin

Futtermittel

Lebensmittel

Beckum

Dielheim

Hofheim

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develop interesting niche markets!

• Food (Tofu, Drinks, Snacks, ...)

• Feed for regional products (eggs, meat, ...)

• nonGMO-labeled brand products (milk, ...)

• organic-Feed

5. Perspective Soybeans from Germany

• German soybeans are far away from replacing

substantial protein imports from overseas

... but they may

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5. Perspectives 2014

• Interesting contract offers: Tofu-producers: Taifun, Berief etc. Feed producers: Asam, Stadlhuber, Meica, Hofheim, ZG-RKW Kehl; Kraichgau-Raiffeisen, ...

• BÖLN-Demonstration-project for Soybean-production in Southern and Central Germany 2014 - 2016

► making use of the experiences of the BÖLN- project for the extension of soybean cultivation in Germany 2011-2013: →www.sojainfo.de

• Greening???

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