Winter crops hows more barley but less grain

The winter barley acreage increased 6% in 2016, but the national grain yield from the main cereal crop fell 10%.

Like wheat, winter barley crops established very well but suffered in wet weather, with scalding and salt burn also on southern coasts.

BYDV symptoms were common, and lower yields were also due to the wet winter and later spring, take-all, and poor weather at flowering, which resulted in thinner crops with fewer grains. Winter barley yields (6.25–11.6 t/ha) were almost 0.6t/ha lower than the five-year-average.