Spain: First production estimates for the 2024 campaign

According to the latest report from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture on “Advances in agricultural areas and production March 2024”, the first estimates of production for the 2024 campaign for the entire cereal group reach the figure of 15797179.8 tons, which . represents an increase of 81.4% compared to the 2023 campaign and is in line with the average of the last five campaigns. By crops, the highlight is the production of six-row barley at 134.7% or oats at 128.4% in relation to the previous campaign. Based on the average of recent campaigns, most winter cereals are in line with average productions or even below, as is the case with 6-row barley or rye. As for the area sown in autumn-winter cereals for the 2024-25 marketing year, according to the provisional estimate, it shows an increase of 1.3% compared to the previous campaign and a decrease of 4.6% compared to the average of the last five campaigns. By crop, slight increases are observed for oats (+8.3%), rye (+3.6%) or ...