AUTUMN SOWING, Situation as on 10 November 2023

In 2023, the land sown with cereals decreased by 10.1% compared to 2022. The land sown with winter wheat also decreased, by 16.7%, and with winter barley, by 7.9%.

In the structure of the total land sown with cereals in 2023, winter wheat (with 62.8%) and winter barley (with 26.0%) had the highest shares.

Increased sowing of rapeseed

The land sown with rapeseed, which accounted for 6.7% of the total land sown in 2023, increased by two thousand hectares.

Compared to the previous year, the total land sown in the autumn sowing decreased by 8.8%.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data on autumn sowing are based on data from the Report on the Annual Survey on Crop and Livestock Production (PO-71 form), which was conducted by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics on the basis of the Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia for 2023 (NN, No. 35/23) and on the basis of Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and delegated Regulation (EU) No. 1557/2015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No. 543/2009 of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics.

Sources and methods of data collection

The Report on the Annual Survey on Crop and Livestock Production collects data on land sown in autumn. Data on land sown are presented in hectares. 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 using the telephone interview method applied to the 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 2023 State Budget of the Republic of Croatia and the share of private family farms by statistical regions.

The sample consisted of about 17 000 private family farms.

All data were compared to the data from previous years and available administrative sources (bases and registers from the Single Application at the Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and other relevant sources). On the basis of all available data, corrections were done if necessary.

Data on land sown refer to the situation as on 10 November 2023.

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.

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

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