Early estimates for autumn-winter cereal production point to near 23 million tons, an increase of more than 50% over last year. However, COVID-19 is producing an indirect price crisis.
Production estimates
With similar sowing areas to previous years (5.47 million hectares of winter cereals), the farmers’ association ASAJA's production estimates are as follows: 9.8 million tons of barley; 7.2 million tons of wheat (6.5 million tons of common wheat and the rest of durum wheat); 1 million tons of oats and 1.1 million tons of rye and triticale. This gives 19.15 million tons of winter cereals, to which must be added 3.5 million tons of maize. Yields will be higher than last year, which was a very short harvest (14.8 million tons of winter cereals).
Spain is a deficit country in cereals, mainly due to its relevant swine sector. Depending on the results of the domestic grain harvest, average cereal imports are around 18-20 million tons per year.
Source: agroinformacion.com