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Our annual conference in Berlin clearly showed that current production systems in Western Europe are challenged in various ways. Therefore, designing and evaluating options for new solutions will be a key project in the years to come. We also learned that precision farming holds significant potential – making it another topic in which we will invest.
In recent months, colleagues from Tragsatec and the agri benchmark Center began work to establish a national network of typical farms in Spain. We are very grateful for Tragsatec joining us and for growing the number of national networks in agri benchmark Cash Crop.
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This year, we also were able to generate new insights in sugar economics – from both cane and beets – e.g. produced in Brazil, France or Mozambique. One key finding: Depending on local conditions, manual harvesting can be a rather competitive option. What about processing costs? That is the question to be answered in 2018.
We hope in 2017 we have been able to provide you and your organization with meaningful insights in global crop production. In case you have any questions, concerns or interesting topics we should be looking at please let us know.
But for now, we wish you a relaxing, peaceful, and merry Christmas (those of you who celebrate) and to all of you a perfect start into 2018.
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