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First estimate of 2001 cereal harvest
03/10/2001
The Executive's preliminary estimate of the 2001 Scottish cereal harvest is 2.8 million tonnes - marginally down on the 2000 harvest.
An increase in total barley production - due largely to an improved yield - is offset by a decrease in wheat production, due both to a lower yield and smaller cropped area.
The figures are based on area figures from the provisional June 2001 census results and an initial estimate of crop yields. The production estimate will be finalised with the publication of the 2001 Cereal Production survey later in the year.
The production estimates for individual cereals are given below with last year's final figures shown in brackets:-
Thousand Tonnes
Wheat - 648 (956)
Barley
- Winter - 364 (455)
- Spring - 1661 (1311)
Total - 2025 (1766)
Oats & Other cereals - 132 (124)
TOTAL CEREALS - 2805 (2847)
Oilseed Rape - 107 (111)
BACKGROUND
1. Wheat yields (tonnes per hectare) are provisionally estimated to be 8 per cent down on last year's cereal production survey results. The wheat area sown is down by 27 per cent on last year and is the smallest area since 1984. Barley yields are 9 per cent higher with the cropped area up by 6 per cent. Oat yield rose by 10 per cent while the area grown fell by 3 per cent. Oilseed rape yields increased by 3 per cent but the area grown decreased by 6 per cent compared with 2000 reflecting a drop in subsidy levels this year as part of the Agenda 2000 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy.
2. Totals may not necessary agree with the sum of their components due to rounding.