Production of cereals, dried pulses and oilseeds in 2020
Rain led to unharvested areas in Norrland
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Board of Agriculture 2020-12-14 9.30
Autumn rain and early snowfall in Norrland led to difficulties in driving in the fields, and in many places it was not possible to harvest the crops. In Västernorrland County, more than one-fifth of the cereal areas were left unharvested. In Norrbotten County, 14 percent of the cereal area had to be left unharvested, according to regional harvest statistics for 2020.
Large areas in Jämtland County were also left unharvested and crops remained in the fields on 15 percent of the cereal area that was to be threshed. In Västerbotten County, 9 percent of the cereal area was left unharvested. Many areas that could be threshed in the Norrland counties noted large yields per hectare.
The total cereal production in Sweden as a whole is estimated at 5.96 million tonnes, which is 3 percent less than a year ago, but 9 percent more than the five-year average. More than half of the total cereal production consists of winter wheat. At the national level, the yield per hectare of winter wheat was 4 percent less than last year’s record yield per hectare.
Yield per hectare of winter rape five percent less than last year
In Sweden as a whole, the yield per hectare of winter rape was 5 percent less than in 2019 and 8 percent more than the five-year average. Skåne County accounted for the largest cultivation area, and the yield per hectare of winter rape was 15 percent less than last year’s record level.
A preliminary estimate of the total production of rape and turnip is 342 200 tonnes, which is 10 percent less than a year ago.
Yield per hectare of peas matches last year’s level
The 2020 yield per hectare of field peas is on a level with both 2019 and the five-year average. The total production of peas is estimated at 72 100 tonnes, which is a similar size as in 2019. In 2020, the largest area of peas was in Uppsala County and in Östergötland County.
Yield per hectare of field beans lower than a year ago
The yield per hectare of field beans was 10 percent less than last year and 5 percent less than the five-year average. The total production of field beans is estimated at 58 900 tonnes, which matches last year’s results.
Publication
A more detailed report of this survey is available in a statistics report on the Swedish Board of Agriculture website at www.jordbruksverket.se under Statistik (in Swedish).
Time series with the final harvest statistics are available in Statistics Sweden’s Statistical Database:
It is also available in the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s statistical database:
The Swedish Board of Agriculture’s statistical database also contains preliminary harvest statistics. Time series on harvest statistics are available from 1913 onwards for some of the crops.
Next publishing will be
The final results for 2020 will be reported in April 2021.
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