Linseed: Production in Europe and Potentialities For The Future
Linseed: Production in Europe and Potentialities For The Future
Linseed: Production in Europe and Potentialities For The Future
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Linseed : an original crop
• Linseed or flaxseed crop (winter and spring types) : well
adapted to cultivation under temperate climates (Europe,
northern American continent)
• Grown mainly for the grain production (+ potential by-product =
fibres of the straw) # Flaxseed which is cultivated mainly for
textile fibres ( + by-product = seeds)
• Small size seeds (thousand seed weigh : 5 to 10 g)
• High oil content of the seeds (38-40 % at 9% of humidity)
and interesting %
100
protein content (22 %) 80
60
40
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Usages of linseed crop are linked to the
omegas 3 content
• Traditional outlets in Europe :
– Oil : omega 3 = great siccativity and reactivity of the oil =>
linoleum, paints, inks …for industrial non food markets
– Meal : appreciated by the farmers for cattle feeding in western
Europe (France = first consumer)
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Linseed production in the world
19%
Linseed
2% Canada
4%
38% China production in
USA
India
the world in
EU
Russia 2009
4%
Argentina
7% Others
source : Oil World and
8%
et bulletins Agriculture
18% Canada 2010
Total = 2,38 Millions tons
13%
39% 5%
Belgium
France
Germany
5% Sweden Sources : Eurostat,
total surface : 75 000 ha Oil World 2010
England
Others
• UE : small seeds producer (108 000 tons in 2009, i.e. less than
20% of the needs) because of :
- Low surfaces
- Low yield (1.5 t average in 2009)
• England : first European producer
• France : variable and quite low production : 1992/2010
average acreage = 12 483 ha/year, mean yield 2005/2009 = 2.1 t/ha/y
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European Union depends on world supply
UE Linseeds imports in 2009 (531 000 tons)
• EU : strong dependence on 5%
extra- EU imports for its 16%
Lindseeds industry (500 000 - 0%
79%
550 000 tons a year)
• Most imports coming from
Canada, but recent increasing
Canada USA Russie Ukraine
role of the eastern countries
(Russia, Ukraine..) Source : Oil World 2010
prices 470
420
370
• Huge sensitivity to seeds offer 320
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Linseed : an environmental friendly crop
1) good solution for longer crops rotations
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rotation sans lin (93 rotations)
35 rotation avec lin (90 rotations)
124 Enquêtes producteurs Lin Oléagineux - 2009 - CETIOM
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nombre de rotations
25
20
15
10
0
2-3 ans 4 ans 5 ans 6 ans et
durée des rotations plus
Source : 124 farmers survey; CETIOM 2009
(euros/ha)
blé (euros/ha)
1200 €/ha 12
120
according
en fonctiontodu
wheat 1000 10
100
(euros/ha)
blé (euros/ha)
Wheat
8.5 t/ha
rendement
8.2 t/ha
costs of the du
800 8 t/ha 8
80
opérationnelles
the
yielddu blé
précédent
wheat
600 6
60
previous (qx/ha)
of thedu
400 4
40
marginbrute
Operational
crop (t/ha)
charges
marge
200 2
20
content) 90%
80%
15.3%
70%
0%
2008 2009 2010 (estimates)
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FUTURE FOR LINSEED IN EUROPE (2)
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Thanks to my colleagues of CETIOM
pour their contributions to the 2009-2010 Linseed study
and
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