Germany: Wheat production fell by 15.5 percent in 2024

Published 2024년 8월 1일

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In 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, experienced a decrease of 8.1% in grain cultivation area, totaling 531,400 hectares. Despite this decline, wheat remains the most cultivated grain, occupying 19.6% of NRW's arable land, though its area has shrunk by 18.6%. However, the region has seen an increase in the cultivation of potatoes, grain maize, winter rapeseed, and sugar beet, with potato cultivation increasing by 10.0% and sugar beet by 14.3%. Silage maize and grain maize areas also expanded by 9.0% and 14.7%, respectively. These changes, along with other agricultural trends, are monitored by the Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia state statistical office to support informed decision-making in politics, economics, and society.

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08/01/2024 | 09:43:00 | ID: 39797 | Department: Agriculture | Market & Trends Düsseldorf, Germany (agrar-PR) - The area under cultivation for grain fell by 8.1 percent. The area under cultivation for potatoes, grain maize, winter rapeseed and sugar beet, on the other hand, increased. The area under cultivation for wheat in North Rhine-Westphalia was reduced by 15.5 percent to 210,400 hectares in 2024 (2023: 248,900 hectares). As Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia, the state statistical office, reports based on initial, preliminary results of the main land use survey, wheat was grown on 19.6 percent of the state’s 1.07 million hectares of arable land. Despite the declining area under cultivation, winter wheat remains the most commonly sown type of grain in NRW. Winter wheat has traditionally made up the largest share of North Rhine-Westphalia’s grain area: at 200,500 hectares, it was grown on 18.7 percent of arable land this year; the area under this type of grain ...

Source: Agrar