New Zealand: Cereal harvest yields up 4%

Published 2024년 6월 7일

Tridge summary

A report released on April 1, 2024, by aimi-cereals surveyed various aspects of the agricultural sector, including sales channels, storage status, carry-over stocks, and sowing intentions for the autumn/winter campaign of 2024. The overall harvest yields increased by 4% across six crops, leading to a 3% rise in total tonnages compared to the previous season. The report noted that milling wheat, feed wheat, malting barley, feed barley, milling oats, and feed oats were at various stages of completion by April 1, with milling wheat and feed wheat fully harvested.

The report also highlighted an increase in unsold stocks of feed wheat, feed barley, and milling wheat from the previous year, while unsold stocks of malting barley decreased. Autumn/winter sowings for feed wheat, feed barley, milling wheat, malting barley, milling oats, and feed oats were predicted to decrease or increase depending on the crop, with only 1.2% of feed wheat having been sown by April 1, 2024. The weather conditions during the 2023/24 campaign played a significant role in the agricultural outcomes, with some regions experiencing dryness, while others faced hail damage and delays due to weather conditions. Despite these challenges, many crops performed better than expected, with harvest conditions varying across the country.
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Original content

The report also looked at sales channels, storage status, carry-over stocks from the 2023 harvest and sowing intentions for the autumn/winter campaign of 2024. Based on a reporting date of 1st April 2024, overall, harvest yields, averaged of the six crops, were up 4%, from a similar number of hectares (-0.4%), with a net result that saw total tonnages was up 3% compared to last season. Of the farms surveyed, the 2024 harvest of milling wheat was 100% completed by 1 April, with feed wheat sat at 99.7% complete, malting barley 99%, feed barley 93%, milling oats 89% and feed oats 78% complete by the survey date. Carry-over stocks (both sold and unsold) of feed wheat and feed barley were higher than in the previous three years, while unsold stocks on hand of last year’s feed wheat and feed barley crops were 2.1% and 2.5% of the 2023 harvest tonnages, respectively. Stocks of unsold feed wheat from the current harvest are up 46% on unsold stocks at the same time last year, while unsold ...

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