Field crops and grassland Field crops

Acreage of important crops in Germany1
Selected cropsAcreage2Expected acreage for harvest 20243percentage change
1,000 ha%
1: Excluding city states.
2: Land use survey 2023.
3: Crop production reports: field crops and grassland.
The information on the expected acreages is based on messages of a limited number of harvesting and operating rapporteurs in the federal states from mid-April 2024. The results represent preliminary trends.
Winter cereals
Winter wheat2,824.42,590.6-8.3
Rye and mixed winter cereals624.7585.0-6.4
Winter barley1,289.81,321.52.5
Triticale311.2308.0-1.0
Summer cereals
Summer wheat30.499.9228.5
Summer barley321.4363.213.0
Oats139.3163.817.6
Grain maize/maize to ripen fully (including corn cob mix)466.4518.711.2
Silage maize/green maize1,998.92,096.34.9
Winter rape1,174.11,106.1-5.8
Potatoes264.7275.44.0
Sugar beets395.8421.66.5
Field peas (without fresh peas)118.0132.312.2
Field beans60.768.412.5

As at 17 May 2024

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