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There has never been so much maize in the district: the harvest is in full swing

2021-10-26T07:49:41.783Z


The forage harvesters are running at full capacity, the corn harvest in the northern district is in full swing. And there will be a new record: never before has so much maize been harvested in the district as in 2021.


The forage harvesters are running at full capacity, the corn harvest in the northern district is in full swing.

And there will be a new record: never before has so much maize been harvested in the district as in 2021.

Holzkirchen -

Corn fared this year like us humans: It got too little sun.

"This year the maize is about two weeks later than in previous years," explains Elisabeth Kitzeder, responsible for crop production at the Office for Agriculture and Forests (AELF) in Holzkirchen.

The harvest did not begin until the beginning of October; in previous years the first fields had already been planted in September.

The weather is to blame.

The summer of 2021 brought too little sun on the fields.

“The maize needs a certain amount of temperature to ripen,” explains the crop cultivation expert.

This year the fields in the northern district were allowed to soak up the sun for a few days longer.

Kitzeder estimates that the last fields will be harvested by the beginning of November at the latest.

Cultivated area increased to 830 hectares

The energy-rich crop's hunger for sunshine does not detract from its growing popularity.

According to the AELF, the area under cultivation in the Miesbach district rose again by 18 hectares (2.2 percent) to currently 830 hectares compared to the previous year.

The silage maize grown around Holzkirchen is mainly used as energy-rich feed for dairy cattle.

According to Kitzeder, the Miesbach harvest is hardly used as a fuel for biogas plants, which in other regions strongly promoted maize cultivation.

Grassland still clearly dominates in the district

And yet the area under cultivation is steadily increasing.

In the past five years, 138 hectares were added.

With currently 830 hectares, maize is the most commonly grown field crop in the Miesbach district, followed by cereals (530 hectares) and grass clover (462).

Ideally, the maize is not grown in the same field every year.

“That is not optimal for the yield and not optimal for the soil,” says the crop cultivation expert.

Alternating crop rotation, for example with cereals and grass clover, is recommended.

Overall, the farmers in the Miesbach district cultivated hectares of arable land in 2017, with the vast majority of the fields in the north of the district.

The grassland (meadows, pastures, alpine pastures, littered meadows) remains dominant throughout the district: 23,679 hectares are available for this according to current statistics.  

Source: merkur

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