Grain harvest was above average in Sweden

The Swedish grain harvest in 2020 was above average. According to the official harvest estimate now available from the Swedish National Statistics Office, a quantity of over 6.0 million tonnes came together in 2020, which was only slightly below the previous year's result. The five-year average is exceeded by 11%, although this comparison is skewed to around 3.2 million t by the catastrophic harvest collapse due to the drought in 2018. But even without this outlier, this year's grain production is slightly above the long-term average: According to the statistics office, wheat made up almost exactly half of the grain harvest this year. However, production decreased by around 8% compared to due to a smaller cultivation area. The spring barley harvest was comparatively stable at 1.4 million tonnes. In contrast, there was a clear improvement in the case of oats: Here the authorities assume a volume of around 815,000 t; That would be 21% more than 2019 and at the same time the largest ...