UK cereal harvest falls nearly 11% to 22.1m tonnes – Defra
© Tim Scrivener The UK cereal harvest fell nearly 11% to 22.1m tonnes largely due to lower grain yields which reflected a lack of sunshine in early summer, according to an official Defra forecast.
In addition, the oilseed rape harvest was down 30% at 1.8m tonnes due to both lower yields and a fall in the area for the crop, the Defra forecast reported.
See also: UK rapeseed production slumped by nearly one third
Production of cereals and oilseed rape 2016 |
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| 2016 | 2015 | Change | |
| Cereals | 22.1 | 24.7 | -10.7% |
| Wheat | 14.5 | 16.4 | -12.0% |
| Barley | 6.7 | 7.4 | -9.7% |
| Oilseed rape | 1.8 | 2.5 | -30.4% |
| (in million tonnes) | |||
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