Trends of soybean production in Croatia
2022
Zoe Andrijanić | Maja Matoša Kočar | Luka Brezinščak | Ivan Pejić
Soybean is cultivated on 121 million hectares and represents the fourth most represented crop in the world, while in Croatia it ranks third in terms of area. In the observed period from 2009 to 2019, it was grown on average 65,068 ha with an average grain yield of 2.6 t ha-1. The highest yield was obtained in 2018 (245,188 t), and in the same year the highest grain yield was achieved (3.18 t ha-1). Soybean production in Croatia is characterized by a positive trend in the increase of cultivated areas, to which stable and high raw material and purchase prices, as well as the system of incentives and subsidies have contributed, while the increase in average grain yield was mainly influenced by the applied technology and knowledge of producers, as well as improved domestic genetic of varieties. Soybeans are one of the most important export products of the Republic of Croatia, with exports worth HRK 80 million in 2020. In 2020, 9.864 holdings with 84.302 ha were under the support system, which is 8.5 ha of cultivated area per producer. Seed production is also showing a steady increase with the most represented varieties from the Osijek Agricultural Institute and the Italian eraly maturity varieties. The possibility of stubble sowing, the ability to fix nitrogen in crop rotation and the security of purchasing the NON - GM assortment speak for the possibility of a more intensive expansion of cultivated areas and soybean grain yield in Croatia.
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