UK: First estimates for English crop production 2024:

Published 2024년 10월 10일

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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has provided provisional estimates for cereal and oilseed rape production in England for 2024, showing a decrease in wheat production compared to the previous year and the five-year average. The report also covers barley, oat, and oilseed rape production, with varying yields and production levels across regions. The final production estimates for the UK will be compiled after the Scottish government's release and will include data from Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Sign up to receive the Weekly Market Report and Grain Market Daily from AHDB Earlier today, Defra released provisional estimates for cereal and oilseed rape production in England for 2024. The Scottish Government is due to release its cereal and oilseed rape production estimates next Tuesday (15 October), while Northern Ireland and Wales production figures will not be reported from Defra until the UK production estimates on 12 December 2024. Wheat production in England has been provisionally estimated at 10.0 Mt, 22% below last year and down 21% on the five-year average. In comparison to the 2019/20 season, the last notably wetter year, the 2024 harvest is up 15% on the 8.7 Mt harvested in 2020. Yields are provisionally below the five-year average across all regions, while the average for England was estimated at 7.0 t/ha, below the five-year average of 8.0 t/ha. Production has fallen across all regions, with the greatest fall in the North East (-33%) and smallest change in the ...

Source: Ahdb