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Table A7 Estimated yield(1)and production(2)of cereals, root crops and horticultural crops, 1999 to 2004

Year

Wheat

Oats

Winter barley

Spring barley

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

1999

84.5

7.80

659.2

22.3

5.34

119.0

58.4

6.56

383.4

280.5

5.20

1459.2

2000

108.9

8.79

956.4

21.9

5.28

115.9

61.7

7.38

455.3

254.7

5.15

1311.1

2001

79.7

7.74

617.0

21.3

5.37

114.6

55.3

6.24

345.0

280.8

5.59

1570.6

2002

96.6

7.65

739.0

21.4

4.91

104.9

61.2

6.70

410.3

263.9

4.85

1280.0

2003

88.3

8.25

728.4

22.4

5.93

133.1

56.1

7.00

392.9

265.9

5.97

1586.7

Average 1999-03

8.05

5.34

6.78

5.35

2004

101.7

8.62

876.9

22.0

5.34

117.5

56.8

7.20

408.9

259.7

5.56

1443.7

Year

Total barley

Oilseed rape

Forage peas

Triticale

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

1999

339.0

5.44

1842.6

51.2

3.15

161.1

1.8

3.90

7.1

1.5

5.72

8.5

2000

316.4

5.58

1766.5

36.4

3.05

111.0

1.6

3.11

5.1

1.5

5.30

8.2

2001

336.1

5.70

1915.7

34.9

3.04

105.9

1.9

3.94

7.5

1.5

6.17

9.3

2002

325.1

5.20

1690.3

30.6

3.38

103.7

1.4

3.26

4.6

1.2

5.30

6.5

2003

322.1

6.15

1979.5

35.2

3.43

120.8

1.7

3.42

5.7

1.3

5.16

6.8

Average 1999-03

5.61

3.21

3.53

5.53

2004

316.5

5.85

1852.6

39.4

3.32

130.7

1.6

3.97

6.3

1.3

4.72

6.1

Year

Potato - early ware(3)

Potato - maincrop ware(3)

Potato - seed(3)

Vining peas

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

1999

0.3

34.50

10.9

15.0

47.89

719.4

14.5

25.42

368.0

2.9

4.50

12.9

2000

0.4

29.80

12.2

15.1

48.67

734.7

14.3

28.06

400.6

3.7

6.66

24.6

2001

0.4

21.50

9.0

16.1

48.23

774.4

13.2

26.50

348.5

3.2

5.00

16.2

2002

0.3

20.00

5.9

16.1

51.91

836.0

13.8

26.07

359.4

3.2

4.00

12.8

2003

0.5

20.60

9.9

15.6

61.14

954.2

12.3

29.26

361.2

3.3

5.30

17.5

Average 1999-03

25.28

51.57

27.06

5.09

2004

0.3

20.70

5.7

17.0

49.11

836.7

12.0

26.79

322.0

3.4

3.90

13.3

Tomatoes

Raspberries

Strawberries

Year

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

1999

8.0

281.10

2.3

1.16

3.18

3.7

0.56

7.98

4.5

2000

8.1

244.60

2.0

0.88

4.73

4.1

0.62

11.92

7.4

2001

8.5

185.70

1.6

0.67

4.91

3.3

0.63

11.82

7.4

2002

7.2

254.10

1.8

0.57

3.69

2.1

0.67

11.27

7.6

2003

4.7

81.90

0.4

0.52

5.55

2.9

0.63

15.77

9.9

Average 1999-03

209.48

4.41

11.75

2004

3.3

191.10

0.6

0.52

4.72

2.5

0.68

12.95

8.8

(1) Yields are in tonnes per ha. (2) Production is in thousand tonnes.
(3) The yield and production figures are partly based on Scottish Agricultural College and the British Potato Council estimates.

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