With 2.15 million tons, the highest wheat harvest since 2016 was achieved in Germany
Wheat
Germany
Published Aug 23, 2022
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In 2022, 3.93 million tons of grain (excluding grain maize) were harvested in North Rhine-Westphalia, which was 11.1 percent more than a year earlier. More than half (54.6 percent) of this was wheat at 2.15 million tons. As reported by Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia as the Statistical Office based on preliminary results, 17.5 percent more wheat was harvested than in the flood year 2021.
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08/22/2022 | 11:17:00 | ID: 33877 | Department: Agriculture | plant Dýsseldorf (agrar-PR) - This is also the highest wheat harvest since 2016 (2.16 million tons), but less than the peak years of 2013-2015. With a 4.9 percent increase in acreage (248,400 hectares), wheat yields per hectare increased despite the ongoing drought and heatwave compared to the previous year by 12.0 percent to 8.65 tons. In the case of winter wheat, which is still the most widely cultivated bread grain in North Rhine-Westphalia, the yield per hectare in 2022 was 8.69 tons, 12.2 percent above the previous year’s level. By expanding the acreage by 4.1 percent to 244,000 hectares, a 16.8 percent increase in harvest volume of 2.12 million tons could be brought in. The harvest volume of spring wheat more than doubled in the same period: the acreage was increased by 86, 7 percent to 4,400 hectares, so that a total harvest of 26,700 tons (+127.6 percent) could be achieved with this type of grain with a 21.9 ...
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