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Cereal and oilseed rape harvest - first estimates: 2021
Initial estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2021 harvest.
Little change in oat production and yield expected
Little change is predicted for oat area, yield or production compared to 2020. Small decreases are anticipated, mostly as a result of a small decrease in area.
Oats accounts for
7% Total crop production
7% Total crop area
The majority of oats grown in Scotland are sown in the spring and are used for milling – in 2020, almost 80 per cent of oats were used for milling.
Oats are also used in specialist animal feed and in further processing for oatcakes and porridge oats.
Contact
Email: Jay.Gillam@gov.scot
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