DRV estimates German rapeseed harvest only slightly above last year The German rapeseed crop is expected to be below average with 4.7 million tonnes for the second consecutive year. According to the documentation provided by the Federal Statistical Office, the area was enlarged by approx. 2% restricted. According to estimates by the German Democratic Republic (DRV), the volume income will be 3.5% higher at 35.8 dt / ha. The harvest volume is 1.5% above the weak previous year's result . There are quite different developments in the individual federal states. In the largest cultivated area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the cultivation area has declined by 3.4%.The return to average land yields of 35.5 dt / ha compared with the weak previous year of 26.7 dt / ha leads to a harvest result, 28% should be larger. With a build-up area of 13% and a 24% increase in the year-on-year yield, Schleswig-Holstein An increase Of the crop quantity of 40%. As high as the rates of increase may be, in a multi-year comparison, these are only average values.Brandenburg, which belongs to the leading cultivation areas, is then also the last region with an increasing rapeseed harvest of 15%, which is due to the increase in yield in the first line from 27 to 31 dt / ha. In all other countries, lower results compared to the previous year are forecast. As a rule, the cultivation area has been markedly reduced, which is not least linked to the reduced availability of plant protection products. The southern cultivation regions favored by the weather in the previous year are returning to average yields, so that, in addition to a reduced rape area, the crop quantity falls equally.While the cultivation areas are already estimated to be relatively safe , the estimation of yields is still associated with some uncertainties. The damage caused by the frost in the early flowering rape stocks will ultimately be determined only during the harvest. There are still further weather risks to be overcome before the end of the harvest.
