Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates - 2022
Final estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2022 harvest.
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Cereal production and yield up across all Scottish regions
Cereal production increased across the country from 2021 to 2022 as a result of high yields. This is despite all International Territorial Level 2 regions showing a small decrease in total sown cereal area.
Eastern Scotland saw the largest increase in production, at 13%. This was the result of a 17% cereal yield increase.
North Eastern Scotland experienced the smallest reduction in sown area at 3%. Yield increased by 14%, resulting in an 11% increase in total cereal production.
Highlands and Islands saw a 6% increase in production as a result of an 11% percent increase in yield.
Southern Scotland saw a 4% increase in production and a 9% increase in yield.
In West Central Scotland production increased by 9%. But only around 1% of cereals are grown here and these changes may not be significant.
Figure 1: Percentage change in total cereal production from 2021 to 2022 across Scottish regions (International Territorial Level 2)
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