UK. Government’s 2021 wheat and barley production estimates released
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs (DAERA) has released the first estimate of this year’s UK wheat and barley harvest.
In a report published yesterday, Monday, October 11, wheat production – when compared to 2020 – is estimated to have increased by 45%, while barley production is expected to have decreased by 12.4%.
The provisional 2021 wheat harvest for the UK is 14.0 million tonnes. This is higher than the five-year average (2016-2020) of 13.7 million tonnes.
The provisional barley production figure has decreased however, by 12.4%. This is below the five-year average of 7.3 million tonnes.
Wheat And Barley Estimates
A full run-through of wheat are barley on UK agricultural holdings over the past five years (2016-2021) can be seen below:
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | % change (2021-2020) | |
Wheat | 14,383 | 14,837 | 13,555 | 16,225 | 9,658 | 14,022 | 45.2% |
Barley | 6,655 | 7,169 | 6,510 | 8,048 | 8,117 | 7,108 | -12.4% |
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