Harvest Estimates - July 2025

“This year’s harvest of cereals is negatively influenced by the rainy weather, yet, farmers were in July more optimistic compared to their June estimates and expected a year-on-year increase in production by roughly 3%. It means that the production of basic cereals should be close to the level of seven million tonnes. Nevertheless, the weather in the weeks to come may still affect the final results. There are also concerns regarding the quality of the production that is not harvested, yet,” Renata Vodičková, Head of the Agricultural and Forestry Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), stated.

The refined estimate of production of basic cereals (excluding grain maize) is 6 980 thousand tonnes and it is by 2.7% higher compared to the last year, which was below the average. Compared to the first estimate in June, the expected production of basic cereals increased by 2.3%. However, the harvest still remains by 4.0% below the five-year average.

Winter common wheat is estimated to be harvested in the amount of 4 636 thous. tonnes, (+2.8%), spring barley 987 thous. tonnes (−4.1%), winter barley in the amount of 649 thous. tonnes (+1.0%), oats 250 thous. tonnes (+24.4%), triticale 217 thous. tonnes (+10.4%), rye in the amount of 102 thous. tonnes (−3.7%), and spring common wheat 95 thous. tonnes (+5.1%).

“According to a refined estimate, almost a million tonne of rape will be harvested. Even though the production is higher compared to last year, it still does not reach the average for several years. On the other hand, poppy is successful this year; the estimated harvest of poppy is, for the time being, by almost a tenth higher than last year,” Dagmar Pospíšilová from the Agricultural and Forestry Statistics Unit of the CZSO stated.

The expected harvest (production) of rape in the amount of 994 thous. tonnes is by 4.9% higher than the last year’s below-average harvest. Compared to the June estimate, there has been a slight decrease (−0.4%) and the production of rape estimate remains below the five-year average (−12.7%).  

This year’s estimated poppy production in the amount of 30 thous. tonnes is by 8.9% higher than in the previous year and by almost a fifth it also exceeds the five-year average (+18.1%).

For more detailed information on estimates of crop harvests see the supplementary information to the news release on harvest estimates – July.