Cereals production increased in 2023 when compared with the previous year
In 2023 cereals production increased with a rate of 9.1% when compared with the previous year and approximately became 42.2 million tonnes.
Wheat production increased by 11.4% to became 22 million tonnes, barley production increased by 8.2% and became 9.2 million tonnes, rye production increased by 11.7% and became 305 thousand tonnes, oats production increased by 12.3% and became 410 thousand tonnes when compared with the previous year.
In the dry pulses group, chick pea, dry beans, red lentil production became respectively 580 thousand tonnes, 240 thousand tonnes, 424 thousand tonnes. The production of potatoes, one of tuber crops, increased by 9.6% and became 5.7 million tonnes.
In the group of oil seeds, soybean production decreased with a rate of 11.3% and became 137.5 thousand tonnes, and sunflower production became approximately 2.2 million tonnes with 13.8% decrease.
Sugar beets production increased by 22.1% and became 23.5 million tonnes.
