Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2022

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


Large decrease in oat area driving decrease in production

In 2022 oats yield was 6.3 tonnes per hectare. Oats production was 0.2 million tonnes.

Total area of oats decreased by 20% in 2022, to levels below the ten-year average. Despite a 13% increase in yield, production fell by 9% compared to 2021.

Figure 4: Oats production and average production from 2013 to 2022A line chart showing oats production and average production from 2013 to 2022

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