ACTUAL YIELD OF EARLY CROPS – Provisional Data

Situation as on 15 August 2021

The actual yield of the most important early crops in 2021 is presented according to provisional data.

Increased yield of wheat

In 2021, the actual yield of wheat increased by 13.3%, as compared to the yield realised in the previous year.

Decreased yield of rapeseed

The actual yield of rapeseed decreased by 39.2% and of oats by 9.2%,
as compared to the yield realised in the previous year.

Final data will be available in the Database on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (www.dzs.hr) on 16 May 2022.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics conducted surveys on crops statistics on the basis of the Official Statistics Act (NN, No 25/20), the Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 1557/2015 of 13 July 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 concerning crop statistics of 18 June 2009.

Source and methods of data collection

The final data on harvested areas and actual yield of early crops are collected through the Report on Actual Yield of Early Crops (PO-32). Data on harvested areas of early crops are presented in hectares, while the total yield and yield per hectare are presented in tonnes. These data are collected separately for business entities and parts thereof and for private family farms. Data on business entities are collected in two ways: by using the reporting method on an appropriate form or via a web-based application.

Data for private family farms were collected by using the telephone interview method applied to a selected stratified sample. The sample for private family farms was selected from the Statistical Register of Agricultural Holdings.

The sample size was conditioned by the financial means allocated from the 2021 State Budget of the Republic of Croatia and the share of agricultural farms by statistical spatial units at level 2. The sample consisted of 7 000 agricultural holdings.

All data were compared to data from previous years and available administrative sources (the Ministry of Agriculture, the Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and others). On the basis of all available data, corrections were done when necessary.

Data on yields refer to the situation as on 15 August 2021.

Coverage and comparability

Reporting units are business entities and parts thereof defined in section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing according to the NKD 2007. as well as other business entities and parts thereof engaged in agricultural production but classified in other activities. The coverage is selective.

Reporting units are also private family farms engaged in agricultural production.

Definitions

Actual yield is the yield obtained after the harvest by deduction of all the losses before the harvest and during the transport and combine harvesting etc. Since the moisture of cereals may vary due to weather conditions, the actual yield is presented as an averagely moist yield, that is, grains estimated with 13% of moisture.

Abbreviations

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