Cereal and oilseed rape harvest - first estimates: 2023

Initial estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2023 harvest.


Wheat yield and production expected to remain high

In 2023 wheat yield is predicted to be 9.1 tonnes per hectare. Wheat production is predicted to be around 980 thousand tonnes.

A predicted 2% decrease in yield is expected to result in a 2% decrease in wheat production compared to 2022. However, wheat production remains above the ten-year average.

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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