The cereal harvest of the EU27 and the United Kingdom is revised upwards

In its second forecast for the 2022 crop, COCERAL, the European Association representing the trade in cereals, rice, feedstuffs, oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats and agrosupply, sees the total grain crop in the EU-27+UK at 305.6 mln t. This would be up from the 304.5 mln t forecast in December, but slightly down from the 307.3 mln t harvested in 2021.

• Wheat production (excluding durum) is expected at 141.3 mln t, up from the 139.8 mln t in the previous forecast but down from last year’s 143.2 mln t.
• Barley production is forecast almost unchanged at 59.2 mln t, slightly down from 59.4 mln t last year.
• Corn crop is now seen at 67.3 mln t (previous forecast: 66.4 mln t; 2021: 67.2 mln t), with a much higher crop in Hungary, but slightly lower crops in Poland, Germany, France, and Romania.
• Rapeseed crop is forecast at 19.3 mln t compared to 20.0 mln t expected in December and 18.5 mln t last year.