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Cereal and oilseed rape harvest - first estimates: 2021
Initial estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2021 harvest.
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Little change in oat production and yield expected
Little change is predicted for oat area, yield or production compared to 2020. Small decreases are anticipated, mostly as a result of a small decrease in area.
Oats accounts for
7% Total crop production
7% Total crop area
The majority of oats grown in Scotland are sown in the spring and are used for milling – in 2020, almost 80 per cent of oats were used for milling.
Oats are also used in specialist animal feed and in further processing for oatcakes and porridge oats.
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Email: Jay.Gillam@gov.scot
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