Bucharest, September 26, 2023 – Farmers have harvested 99% of the areas cultivated with wheat, barley, oats and rapeseed for oil, and productions are higher than last year for all crops except for barley and oats. According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture, more than 10.9 million tons of wheat, rye and triticale were obtained in total, with 22.6% more than last year. It is the biggest production in the last three years.
Romanian farmers harvested this year from the 2.3 million hectares harvested with wheat, rye and triticale, representing 99.1% of the cultivated area, over 10.92 million tons, 22.6% more than last year , according to Economica calculations based on data collected by the National Institute of Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Wheat production in 2023, according to data from July 26, 2023 communicated to Economica by the INS, was 9,172,195 tons, 5.6% higher than last year, but below that of 2021 when farmers made 10.4 million tons. Triticale production was 164,148 tonnes, 14.6% below 2022, while rye production was 15,555, 55.3% lower than 2022.
Data on the total harvest of wheat, rye and triticale, 10.92 million tons, was transmitted after the date of July 26.
In 2022, an extremely dry year, Romania produced a total of 8.9 million tons of wheat, rye and triticale, of which 8.6 million tons of wheat, over 34,800 tons of rye and 192,400 tons of triticale.
Also, in 2021, the cumulative production of these grains stood at 10.7 million tons, and in 2020 at 6.6 million tons, making 2023 a record year for production.
For autumn barley, the harvested production from 371.7 thousand hectares (342.7 thousand hectares last year) amounted to more than 1.8 million tons, 21.7% above the level of the previous year, while the barley production of spring increased by 39.6%, up to 209.7 thousand tons, against the background of the increase of the harvested area by 8.9 thousand hectares.
Farmers obtained another 1.9 million tons of rapeseed for oil, compared to 1.1 million tons last year (plus 72%), as the harvested area increased in one year to 641.8 thousand hectares, with 179.7 thousand hectares more than in 2022.
The only crops for which farmers reported decreases in harvested production were autumn orzoa, in which the minus was 19.9 thousand tons, up to 302,2 thousand tons, spring orzoa, in which production decreased from 150.2 thousand tons to 209.7 thousand tons (minus 39.6%) and saw in which production decreased by 12.9%, up to 152.9 thousand tons. For all these crops, the harvested areas decreased compared to 2022.
In 2023, compared to the same period last year, the harvested areas are higher for: wheat, rye and triticale (+1457.7 thousand tons), oil rape (+791.6 thousand tons), autumn barley (+ 330.6 thousand tons), spring barley (+59.5 thousand tons) and smaller for oats (-22.7 thousand tons) and autumn barley (-19.9 thousand tons).
