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According to Tike’s advance harvest estimates, this year’s grain harvest will reach 4.1 billion kg. The grain crop will fall only slightly short (50 million kg) of the previous year. The bulk of the harvest is feed grain: 2.1 billion kg of barley and 1.1 billion kg of oats. The yield of bread grain – rye and wheat – was lower than in 2007: this year, the rye harvest amounted to 60 million kg and the wheat harvest to 778 million kg. More accurate harvest figures will be available in January 2009, when Tike will publish the final harvest statistics for 2008.

The Finnish grain harvest amounted to over 4 billion kg, but its quality does not measure up to previous years in all respects. Only 19 per cent of the wheat is of bread grain quality. On the other hand, as much as 80 per cent of the malting barley is of malting quality on the basis of protein content and grain size. Abundant rain during the growing season increased the incidence of mould in certain areas, but toxicity remained low. Tike and Evira have compiled advance information on the 2008 grain harvest.