Final Figures on Harvest of Farm Crops

Commentary

Total production of individual crops is based on sowing areas surveyed in May and the development of vegetative conditions. Extremes of weather conditions in the year 2006 (dry and hot July and cold August) caused yields of almost all agricultural plants fell down under yields reached in the year 2005.

Production area of cereals (including grain maize and other cereals) diminished by 79,6 thous. ha (-4,9 %) to have reached 1 532,0 thous. ha. Total production of cereals was 6 386,1 thous. tonnes and matching the year 2005 decreased by 1 273,8 thous. tonnes (-16,6 %). Only the harvest of oats was above the harvest of individual cereals the in the year 2005 and reached 154,9 thous. tonnes (+2,6 %). Wheat production was at the level of 3 506,3 thous. tonnes, it means by 638,8 tonnes less (- 15,4 %) matching the year 2005. Barley harvest was down at the level of 1 897,7 thous. tonnes, it means by 297,7 thous. tonnes less (-13,6 %) and also rye was down by 121,9 thous. tonnes (- 62,0 %) comparing previous year.

Yield of cereals per 1 ha was 4,17 tonnes, matching 2005 is down by 0,58 tonnes (-12,3 %). Winter wheat reached the yield of 4,58 tonnes (5,15 tonnes in 2005), spring wheat reached 3,36 tonnes (3,70 tonnes), rye 3,33 tonnes (4,19 tonnes), winter barley 3,75 tonnes (4,40 tonnes), spring barley 3,55 tonnes (4,15 tonnes), oats 2,68 tonnes (2,92 tonnes), grain maize 6,75 tonnes (7,17 tonnes in 2005) and triticale 3,20 tonnes (3,94 tonnes). Legumes production also decreased matching the year 2005. It was harvested 87,5 thous. tonnes of legumes in total. Field peas production was 71,5 thous. tonnes, matching the year 2005 by 7,2 thous. tonnes less. Total production of grain plants (cereals plus legumes) was 6 473,6 thous. tonnes, matching 2005 is by 1 282,2 thous. tonnes (-16,5%).

Total potatoes harvest including production of households gardens was 836,6 thous. tonnes, this is decrease by 319,4 thous. tonnes (-27,6 %) matching 2005. Yield of potatoes was 21,70 tonnes and it is also down by 6,35 tonnes. Early potatoes harvest reached 58,5 thous. tonnes. The average yield of “other potatoes” was 22,41 tonnes/ 1 Ha, it means by 6,4 tonnes less and also the production of 699,1 thous. tonnes is by 395,4 thous. tonnes down than in the year 2005. Sugar beet was harvested in amount of 3 138,3 thous. tonnes (3 495,6 thous. tonnes in 2005), it means decrease by 10,2 %.

In 2006 sowing areas of oleaginous plants increased totally by 38,4 thous. ha (+ 9,6 %), the total acreage was 437,9 thous. ha. Reached production from that area was 1 056,1 thous. tonnes, it means up by 97,4 thous. tonnes than in 2005. Rape harvest was 880,2 thous. tonnes, in the year 2005 it was 769,4 thous. tonnes, it means by 110,8 thous. tonnes up. Rape seed yield was 3,01 tonnes/ 1 ha and it is also up by 0,13 tonnes. The production of poppy seed was down matching 2005, from the area of 57,8 thous. ha was harvested 31,6 thous. tonnes with the average yield 0,55 tonnes/ 1 ha (36,4 thous. tonnes with the yield of 0,82 tonnes/ 1 ha were harvested in 2005).

The production of annual fodder crops on arable land was 6 865,9 thous. tonnes of green forage, it means by 910,4 thous. tonnes less than in 2005. Green maize and maize for silage were harvested in total amount of 6 065,7 thous. tonnes, it means the decrease by 804,8 thous. tonnes matching 2005. Hay production from perennial fodder crops was at the level of 1 418,7 thous.tonnes. Red clover production was 434,0 thous. tonnes.

Vegetables and fruit production including households gardens was above the production 2005. 291,6 thous. tonnes of vegetables (273,4 thous. tonnes in 2005) and 414,2 thous. tonnes of fruit (298,4 thous. tonnes in 2005) were harvested in 2006. 57,6 thous. tonnes of grapes was harvested on 15,5 thous. ha of bearing vineyards with the yield of 3,71 tonnes (4,39 tonnes in the year 2005), it means by 5,0 thous. tonnes less than in 2005. Hop production at the level of 5 453 tonnes was down matching 2005 by 2 378 tonnes (-30,4 %). Hop yield of 1,01 tonnes/ 1Ha is also down by 0,37 tonnes matching the year 2005.