According to Statistics Estonia, by 15 September, 97% of the sown area of cereals, 79% of the sown area of rape and turnip rape, and 47% of the area under potatoes had been harvested in Estonia.
Most of the production has been harvested
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Compared to the previous year, harvesting has been considerably earlier this year. The yield per hectare of winter cereals is smaller, but the yield of spring cereals is better compared to the previous year. The yield of rape and turnip rape, peas and potatoes is bigger than last year.
According to preliminary data, in Estonia, in 2013 cereals were grown on 308,700 hectares, of which 97% has been harvested for grain. One hectare of the harvested area gave on average 3,317 kilograms of cereals, with the average yield per hectare being 1,981 kilograms for rye, 3,458 kilograms for wheat, 3,475 kilograms for barley and 2,664 kilograms for oats. A part of cereals sown for grain will be harvested for green fodder.
Rape and turnip rape were grown on 84,800 hectares. Most of winter rape and winter turnip rape has been harvested and more than three quarters of spring rape and spring turnip rape has also been harvested already. One hectare of the harvested area gave on average 2,000 kilograms of rape and turnip rape seeds.
Potatoes were grown on 6,400 hectares, of which 47% has been harvested. One hectare of the harvested area gave on average 21,982 kilograms of potatoes.