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What does the world production of cereals look like

Published Jan 1, 2022

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The world's cereal area is 723 million hectares, wheat is grown the most (30.6%), followed by maize (26.7%) and rice (22.6%). The remaining cereals (barley, sorghum, millet, oats, rye, triticale, buckwheat) account for a total of 20.1 percent. world sowing. Taking into account the cultivation area and the yields obtained, the highest grain crops are obtained from maize cultivation (on average 1100 million tons), followed by wheat and rice (similar amounts) (760 million tons each).

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It follows that maize yields the highest yields, followed by rice and wheat. In Poland, the area of grain sown is on average 7.5 million ha, and their share in the structure of crops is slightly over 70%. Wheat (32%) is the most cultivated, followed by triticale (19%), barley (12%), and grain mixtures (mainly barley with oats) and rye (about 11% each). In terms of the area where cereals are sown, we are second (after France), and third in terms of crops (after France and Germany) in the EU. In addition, we are the first producer of triticale in the world and the second largest producer of rye. However, we get lower yields - an average of 70 percent. the EU average, which also results from worse climatic and soil conditions. In Poland, the ...
Source: Wrp
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