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  • Unfavourable weather decreased the harvest - low yield levels of spring sown crops

    On a national level, the yields per hectare for spring sown crops decreased between 30 to 44 percent compared to 2022. The yield level for spring wheat on a national level is lower than the level measured during the drought year 2018. Springtime and early summer drought followed by late summer heavy raining lowered yields for spring sown crops, foremost in the middle and southern parts of the country. In Västmanland County, the yield per hectare for spring barley is 57 percent lower than the mean value for the County.

  • Crop production lower than last year

    The total cereal production for the year is estimated at 4.2 million tonnes, which is 29 percent less than last year. The total production is also 21 percent less than the average in the last five years, of which 2018 stands out with crop failure due to drought. In 2023, the weather was very unfavourable during the crop season, with prolonged draught in the early summer and heavy rainfalls in the late summer.

  • Crop production higher than last year

    The total cereal production for the year is estimated at 5.8 million tonnes, which is 16 percent more than last year. The total production is also 10 percent more than the average in the last five years, of which 2018 stands out with crop failure due to drought. In 2022, weather was more favourable during crop season, especially for spring-sown crops.

  • Rain and drought led to lower yields in 2021

    For the country as a whole, the crop yields for spring-sown cereal crops decreased by between 20 percent and 28 percent compared with last year. Regional harvest statistics for 2021 show that Stockholm, Södermanland, Västra Götaland, and Västmanland were among the counties in which the yields per hectare of spring barley were on a level with the low yields per hectare threshed during the dry year of 2018.