Harvest 2012: A wheat crop of 13.31M/T?
Posted by Anderson Grain Marketing on Oct 17, 2012 in AGM News | 0 comments
The first provisional estimates from this year’s production survey from DEFRA/HGCA (the first official estimates are due in November) are now available to view online.
The estimates put this year’s total wheat crop at 13.31M/T – 13% down on last year. “Detrimental weather” is cited as responsible for the losses which brought the lowest average yield since 1988.
Barley crops have performed better than last year (apparently) – an increase of 0.6% on last year’s crop at 5.527M/T.
UK oat output has grown 8% to 662,000/T. It is not yet known if this is due to a larger sewn area or better yields.
OSR production fell 7% on last year, with many left disappointed after last year’s bumper crop.
|
Wheat |
Barley |
OSR |
Oats |
|||||
|
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
| Area sown (‘000/Ha) |
1,969 |
1,993 |
970 |
1,001 |
705 |
755 |
109 |
122 |
| Yield (T/Ha) |
7.75 |
6.68 |
5.67 |
5.51 |
3.94 |
3.4 |
5.65 |
5.42 |
| Total Production (‘000/T) |
15.257 |
13,310 |
5,494 |
5,527 |
2.758 |
2,564 |
613 |
662 |
Provisional estimates for Harvest 2012, DEFRA October 15th 2012 (Source: HGCA.com)
For more information, please see www.HCA.com