Market Trends of Germany Irrigation Machinery Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Germany Irrigation Machinery Market according to our research experts:
Increasing Farm Mechanization is boosting Pulse Production
- Germany, a country known for its engineering expertise, is also at the same time incorporating its technical ingenuity to develop its agricultural sector. With the massive technological progress in the country,
- Germany has also developed a very well-trained and skilled workforce to use its state-of-the-art agricultural machinery and enable the utilization of top technology in the crop fields. This can be backed by the fact that the area harvested under the pulses crops in the country saw an increasing trend in the past few years, from 190,100 hectares in 2020 to 210,400 hectares in 2021.
- Germany generates more than 27% of agricultural systems and equipment components manufactured in the European region. The country has become one of the prime leaders in producing agricultural equipment, including irrigation machinery, in Europe, indicating its dominance in the market.
- According to a United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) report, Germany was one of the top five importers of agricultural machinery from the United States in 2019. German farmers also receive an annual subsidy from the European Union for farm investment. This enables them to invest in modern machinery that is otherwise expensive. The above factors are substantially driving the country's agricultural irrigation machinery market.
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Drip Irrigation System is Leading the Market
- The increasing adoption of farm mechanization by incorporating technical aids to support crop fields and the rising awareness of combined drainage irrigation augmenting the intercropping system in farming practices are some of the essential factors driving the market in Germany.
- Surveys by the German Irrigation Association indicated that about 500000 ha are equipped for drip irrigation in Germany. About 5,000 ha is under micro-irrigation, mainly drip irrigation in vineyards. In the northeastern part of the country, there is about 600,000 ha of equipped lowlands. Combined drainage/subsurface irrigation facilities were installed there to manage peat soils and groundwater near sandy sites.
- According to data from the World Bank, the country's agricultural irrigated land has remained constant over the last two years at 3.1% due to the pandemic. Government rules prevent farmers from working in the fields, but in the future, this may change, and the market will likely expand.
- Mostly, subsurface drip irrigation systems are used to augment fodder maize production. This allows the farmers to focus on the cattle while ensuring sufficient food for the animals with the proper nutritional quality. This results in enormous financial savings and leads to higher revenues globally in the micro-irrigation systems market. These factors are driving the global market for irrigation machinery. The only factor that may restrict the drip irrigation systems market is its high cost, which farmers must incur, especially when they are far from the water source.
