Publication - Statistics

Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2023

Published: 14 December 2023
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 2023 harvest.

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Wheat yield and production remain high despite small decreases

In 2023 wheat yield was 9.2 tonnes per hectare. Wheat production was 985 thousand tonnes.

Wheat yield and production decreased, by 2% and 1% respectively, compared to 2022. Yet figures for yield and production remain higher than the ten-year averages (8.6 tonnes per hectare and 912 thousand tonnes, respectively).

Figure 3: Wheat production and average production from 2014 to 2023

A line chart showing wheat production and average production from 2014 to 2023

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Wheat yield and production remain high despite small decreases

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