Significant yield losses are expected due to drought in cereals and rapeseed in Germany

07/21/2023 | 11:25:00 | ID: 36957 | Department: Agriculture | plant Kiel (agrar-PR) - According to the first harvest estimate, a grain harvest of almost 2.3 million tons (t) is expected for Schleswig-Holstein this year, which would mean that the harvest volume would be around 15 percent below the level of the previous year, according to the Statistics Office North. On the one hand, this is due to the persistent drought in May and June and, on the other hand, to the reduced area under cereals. This year's area under cereals (excluding grain maize) was reduced by almost three percent to 294,300 hectares. The yield per hectare across all grain types (excluding grain maize) is forecast to be a good 78 quintals per hectare (dt/ha) as a state average, which would be 12 percent below the previous year’s level and four percent below the 6-year average of 82 dt/ha. Alone 1.2 million t (54 percent) of the total grain harvest will probably be accounted for by winter wheat, the most extensive ...