2/3 of wheat harvested, drop in average yield in Bulgaria

Published Jul 22, 2022

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The article reports on the progress of the agricultural harvest in a specific year, focusing on the results achieved for wheat and rye, which have seen notable increases compared to the previous year. Despite these gains, the average yield per hectare for wheat has decreased by 14% from the previous year, and the harvest figures for barley, rape, rye, and triticale have all experienced varying degrees of decline, with triticale showing the most significant drop in yield per hectare (over 12%) compared to the previous year. The article highlights the efficient harvesting of wheat and rye areas as a positive factor, yet acknowledges challenges such as reduced yields in key crops like barley and rape, indicating a mixed performance across the main agricultural crops.

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2/3 of the wheat area, or 68% of the fields, which are 1,208,584 ha, have been harvested, with the production that has been harvested from the harvested areas amounting to 4,296,488 tons, the Ministry of Agriculture reported in an operational analysis of the main agricultural crops. According to operational data, the harvested production of wheat and rye is respectively 44.8% and 11.8% higher than reported at the same time last year, which is due to the faster rate of harvesting of the areas during the current harvest campaign. So far, the production of barley, rapeseed and triticale is lagging behind between 0.8% and 6% on an annual basis, due to a decrease in average yields per hectare, the analyzes also indicate. The average yield per hectare of wheat equals 522 kg, which is nearly 14% below last year's levels, the accounts also show. Barley is 93% harvested, with over 580,000 tons harvested, which is a slight decrease of 6% year-on-year. Yields per hectare are estimated at 503 ...

Source: Agrozona