Table 2.
Arable crop yield potentials in Germany for different soil quality classes under conventional and organic farming systems (t/ha).
| Production system | Arable crop | Yield potentials and soil quality classes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High∗ -Medium∗∗ |
Medium – Light |
Medium -Medium | Medium – Heavy |
Low – Light |
Low -Medium |
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| Conventional | Winter wheat | 9.86 | 7.89 | 7.89 | 7.8 | 5.92 | 5.92 |
| Winter barley | 7.88 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.8 | 5.42 | 5.42 | |
| Winter rapeseed | 4.31 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.3 | 2.87 | 2.87 | |
| Summer field bean | 4.92 | 3.94 | 3.94 | 3.9 | 2.9 | – | |
| Summer oats forage | 5.92 | 4.44 | 4.44 | 4.44 | 2.96 | 2.96 | |
| Organic | Winter wheat | 6.9 | 3.94 | 3.94 | 3.94 | 2.96 | – |
| Winter barley | 5.42 | 3.94 | 3.94 | 3.9 | 2.47 | – | |
| Winter rapeseed | 3.35 | 1.91 | 1.91 | 1.9 | 0.96 | – | |
| Summer field bean | 4.93 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.4 | 2.9 | – | |
| Summer oats forage | 4.44 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.47 | – | |
Source: KTBL [39], ∗yield potentials, ∗∗soil quality classes