Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2022

Data sources and more information

Data sources

The 2022 final estimates of yield and production are based on land use areas estimated from Single Application Form (SAF) data returns. A panel of experts from the Scottish cereal industry also provide their final estimates of harvest yields and these are applied to final figures for areas sown.

Methodology

Methodology information is available at Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: Methodology.

Related statistics

Cereal and oilseed rape harvest statistical releases (Scotland)

Agriculture, fisheries and rural statistics publications (Scotland)

Crops - agricultural land use, crop areas, yields and production (England and the United Kingdom)

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