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According to preliminary data on crop production statistics from Tike, the yield of grain crops will total 3 million tonnes. In addition to dried grain, 0.2 million tonnes of fresh grain were harvested in our grain fields. The yield of grain crops was down 1.3 million tonnes in comparison to last year. The yield of bread grains (rye and wheat) decreased 15% while the yield of feed grains (barley and oats) fell by almost 35%. Dry weather took its toll on per-hectare yields, whereas a reduction in the total area of cultivated land reduced the yield of feed grains. Crop production data will be finalised in February 2011 when Tike publishes its final crop production statistics for 2010.

A dry summer produced a small yield of grains but also lifted protein density in all grain crops to high levels. The amount of millable wheat rose to a six-year-high of around 480 million kilograms. The falling number for wheat was the highest since 1997. At around 60 million kilograms, the yield of malting barley was smaller this year as a result of high protein density and a weak overall yield. The quality of feed grains was weakened by a low hectolitre weight and the small kernel size of oats. Of the almost-70-million-kilogram yield of rye, more than 90 per cent was suitable as bread grain.

Food potato stocks in mid-October totalled 200 million kilograms, 24 million kilograms lower than the previous year. This is the third time that Tike – the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – has published statistics for on-farm food potato stocks in Finland.