Average year for overall cereal harvest despite challenging wet conditions
An Accredited Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.
The Chief Statistician has released figures on the 2024 Scottish harvest. Total cereal production from the 2024 harvest is around 3.0 million tonnes.
Wet weather in 2024 made winter planting difficult and continued into spring planting. Because of this, less land was planted with winter crops, and more land was used for spring crops.
Both winter barley and wheat production fell below their five-year average levels, decreasing from 2023. Spring barley had an above average year, with production reaching around 1.7 million tonnes.
While it was a good year for oats yield, the area planted and total production (0.18 million tonnes) were below average. Oilseed rape production (0.13 million tonnes) also dropped slightly below average, after a record year in 2023.
Published on: 12 December, 2024