Tillage farmers’ incomes fall by 15% due to drop in 2020 yields
Overall production of the three winter cereals - wheat, oats and barley - has dropped by 16% according to the latest CSO figures on Area, Yield and Production of Crops. File Picture.
Overall production of the three main cereals - wheat, oats and barley - decreased from 2,396,000t in 2019 to 2,013,000t in 2020 representing a decline of 16%, according to CSO figures on Area, Yield and Production of Crops, which were released today.
The decrease is due to a combined drop in the production of all three main winter cereals (-47.7%), despite a combined rise in the production of all three main spring cereals (+40.3%).
