Publication - Statistics

Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2022

Published: 13 December 2022
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural

Final estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2022 harvest.

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Increase in wheat area, yield and production

In 2022 wheat yield was 9.3 tonnes per hectare. Wheat production was 1.0 million tonnes.

Wheat yield increased 10% compared to 2021, rising to the highest yield in the past two decades. Combined with a 2% increase in the grown area, this resulted in a 12% increase in production. Production is well above the ten-year average.

Figure 3: Wheat production and average production from 2013 to 2022 A line chart showing wheat production and average production from 2013 to 2022

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Increase in wheat area, yield and production

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