Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2017

Area, yield and production figures for barley, wheat, oats and oilseed, from the 2017 harvest in Scotland.


Table 1: Cereal Area, Yield and Production 2016 and 2017

2016

2017

% change 2016/2017

Area

Yield

Prod.

Area

Yield

Prod.

Area

Yield

Prod.

(000 ha)

(t/ha)

(000 t)

(000 ha)

(t/ha)

(000 t)

Wheat

110

8.4

926

109

8.1

889

-0.1%

-3.9%

-4.0%

Winter Barley

48

6.8

329

48

7.4

352

-1.1%

8.3%

7.1%

Spring Barley

239

5.4

1,296

244

5.9

1,433

2.1%

8.3%

10.5%

Total Barley

287

5.7

1,625

291

6.1

1,785

1.5%

8.2%

9.8%

Oats

31

6.4

201

33

5.7

185

4.5%

-12.0%

-8.0%

Total Cereals1

428

6.4

2,752

433

6.6

2,859

1.2%

2.6%

3.9%

Oilseed Rape

31

3.3

102

34

4.2

144

11.2%

27.1%

41.4%

(1) Includes Triticale in 2016

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