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Cereal and oilseed rape harvest - first estimates: 2025

Initial estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2025 harvest.


Harvest predictions by crop

Table 1: Area, yield and production of cereals and oilseed rape in 2025, 2024 to 2025 percentage change and five-year average production (2020 to 2024)

 

 

Crop

2025 % Change 2024/2025

Five-year average

(2020 - 2024)

Area 

(000 ha)

Yield 

(t/ha)

Production 

(000 t)

Area

 

Yield

 

Production

 

Production

(000 t)

Total Cereals

433

7.5

3,251

2%

7%

8%

3,036

Total Barley

295

6.9

2,031

-2%

4%

2%

1,951

Spring Barley

252

6.6

1,650

-2%

1%

-1%

1,614

Winter Barley

43

8.8

381

1%

15%

16%

337

Wheat

108

9.4

1,019

10%

12%

23%

901

Oats

29

6.8

200

7%

3%

10%

185

Oilseed Rape

33

4.7

152

-11%

29%

15%

140

 

Contact

Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

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