Sweden: Wheat-growing area reaches a new record

Published 2023년 5월 30일

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Swedish wheat cultivation areas have seen a significant increase, reaching 518,600 hectares, a 12% rise from the previous year, marking the first time the country has cultivated over half a million hectares of wheat. This growth makes up a substantial portion of Sweden's total agricultural land, which spans nearly 3 million hectares, with over 2.5 million hectares being arable. Cereals and fodder crops occupy approximately 1 million hectares, or 71% of the agricultural area. There has been a shift in the dominant grain, with wheat now being more popular than oats and barley in the last decade. While barley and oats planting has decreased, there has been a slight increase in the cultivation of rapeseed and turnip rape, reaching the largest cultivation area since record-keeping began in 1965.

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The acreage of wheat cultivation is growing Sweden's wheat crop crosses the 500,000-year mark for the first time ha. According to official statistics and preliminary estimates, farmers in this country sowed 518,600 hectares of this grain. According to the agricultural authority Jordbruksverket, this area has increased by 55,700 ha, i.e. 12 percent. compared to 2022, an estimated 468,300 ha of winter wheat and 50,300 ha of spring wheat have been planted. Cereal crops dominate According to the first estimates for 2023, the area of agricultural land in Sweden is almost 3 million ha, of which almost 2.5 million ha is arable land and over 457,000 ha is grassland. Jordbruksverket reported that cereals and fodder crops are grown on more than 1 million hectares, which corresponds to about 71% of the total agricultural area. According to the authorities, oats were the dominant grain in Sweden until the late 1960s. After that, barley was the most important, but in the last ten years wheat ...

Source: Farmer.pl