Arable crops; production, region

Arable crops; production, region

Arable crops Regions Periods Area under cultivation (ha) Harvested area (ha) Gross yield per ha (1 000 kg) Gross yield, total (1 000 kg)
Wheat (total) Nederland 2023 130,054 129,536 8.6 1,109,145
Wheat (total) Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 36,496 36,334 8.4 304,969
Wheat (total) Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 21,858 21,769 8.3 180,107
Wheat (total) West-Nederland (LD) 2023 50,429 50,253 8.8 440,702
Wheat (total) Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 21,271 21,180 8.7 183,367
Wheat, winter Nederland 2023 121,329 120,846 8.8 1,060,471
Wheat, winter Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 33,356 33,206 8.7 289,387
Wheat, winter Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 19,706 19,624 8.6 168,614
Wheat, winter West-Nederland (LD) 2023 48,253 48,088 8.9 426,323
Wheat, winter Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 20,013 19,930 8.8 176,147
Wheat, spring Nederland 2023 8,725 8,690 5.6 48,802
Wheat, spring Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 3,140 3,129 5.0 15,596
Wheat, spring Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 2,151 2,145 5.4 11,528
Wheat, spring West-Nederland (LD) 2023 2,175 2,164 6.6 14,389
Wheat, spring Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,258 1,249 5.8 7,289
Barley (total) Nederland 2023 35,657 35,332 6.6 232,927
Barley (total) Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 17,181 17,046 5.6 95,776
Barley (total) Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 6,345 6,234 6.7 41,554
Barley (total) West-Nederland (LD) 2023 6,165 6,124 8.1 49,700
Barley (total) Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 5,967 5,928 7.7 45,897
Barley, winter Nederland 2023 15,067 14,992 9.0 135,371
Barley, winter Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 4,031 4,004 8.8 35,133
Barley, winter Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 3,017 2,992 8.4 25,044
Barley, winter West-Nederland (LD) 2023 4,143 4,121 9.5 39,326
Barley, winter Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 3,875 3,874 9.3 35,868
Barley, spring Nederland 2023 20,590 20,340 4.8 97,867
Barley, spring Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 13,150 13,040 4.7 60,782
Barley, spring Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 3,327 3,242 5.1 16,466
Barley, spring West-Nederland (LD) 2023 2,022 2,004 5.3 10,620
Barley, spring Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 2,091 2,053 4.9 9,999
Rye Nederland 2023 2,337 2,299 3.2 7,430
Rye Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 537 517 2.1 1,071
Rye Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 853 839 3.8 3,229
Rye West-Nederland (LD) 2023 368 368 3.5 1,302
Rye Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 580 575 3.2 1,828
Oats Nederland 2023 1,704 1,670 3.9 6,462
Oats Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 526 518 3.5 1,835
Oats Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 660 636 4.1 2,601
Oats West-Nederland (LD) 2023 289 289 3.9 1,140
Oats Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 229 229 3.9 886
Triticale Nederland 2023 1,482 1,449 4.5 6,481
Triticale Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 149 142 2.4 346
Triticale Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 794 768 4.4 3,377
Triticale West-Nederland (LD) 2023 102 102 1.1 110
Triticale Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 438 437 6.1 2,648
Grain maize Nederland 2023 9,384 9,296 13.4 124,461
Grain maize Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 599 595 13.4 7,949
Grain maize Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 2,324 2,324 13.2 30,683
Grain maize West-Nederland (LD) 2023 679 678 10.6 7,161
Grain maize Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 5,782 5,701 13.8 78,668
Green maize Nederland 2023 180,592 179,915 48.0 8,642,778
Green maize Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 38,722 38,617 47.1 1,818,569
Green maize Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 68,945 68,810 49.1 3,378,684
Green maize West-Nederland (LD) 2023 19,629 19,394 46.2 895,331
Green maize Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 53,296 53,093 48.0 2,550,194
Maize, corn cob mix Nederland 2023 5,508 5,494 13.4 73,645
Maize, corn cob mix Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 169 169 13.3 2,224
Maize, corn cob mix Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,664 1,664 13.2 21,846
Maize, corn cob mix West-Nederland (LD) 2023 46 46 13.4 617
Maize, corn cob mix Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 3,628 3,614 13.5 48,958
Kidney beans Nederland 2023 1,682 1,682 3.7 6,156
Kidney beans Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 4 . . .
Kidney beans Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 10 . . .
Kidney beans West-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,643 . . .
Kidney beans Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 25 . . .
Rape and turnip rape seed Nederland 2023 2,079 2,041 3.9 7,870
Rape and turnip rape seed Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,016 1,008 4.4 4,476
Rape and turnip rape seed Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 679 654 3.2 2,070
Rape and turnip rape seed West-Nederland (LD) 2023 178 174 2.7 478
Rape and turnip rape seed Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 206 206 4.1 846
Fibre flax Nederland 2023 2,364 2,364 4.3 10,163
Fibre flax Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 12 . . .
Fibre flax Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 387 . . .
Fibre flax West-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,791 . . .
Fibre flax Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 174 . . .
Chicory Nederland 2023 2,688 2,656 45.2 120,036
Chicory Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 479 449 39.6 17,748
Chicory Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 91 91 45.0 4,088
Chicory West-Nederland (LD) 2023 607 606 46.0 27,846
Chicory Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,512 1,511 46.6 70,354
Hemp Nederland 2023 1,976 1,976 6.9 13,637
Hemp Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,586 . . .
Hemp Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 178 . . .
Hemp West-Nederland (LD) 2023 38 . . .
Hemp Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 175 . . .
Potatoes (total) Nederland 2023 157,732 155,324 41.8 6,491,332
Potatoes (total) Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 59,716 59,306 39.4 2,338,362
Potatoes (total) Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 31,705 31,352 42.9 1,344,074
Potatoes (total) West-Nederland (LD) 2023 36,826 35,972 40.8 1,469,276
Potatoes (total) Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 29,485 28,694 46.7 1,339,620
Ware potatoes Nederland 2023 75,271 73,313 45.8 3,359,222
Ware potatoes Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 5,998 5,767 44.9 258,937
Ware potatoes Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 15,833 15,575 46.6 726,436
Ware potatoes West-Nederland (LD) 2023 26,469 25,780 43.6 1,123,661
Ware potatoes Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 26,972 26,192 47.7 1,250,188
Seed potatoes Nederland 2023 39,878 39,429 34.5 1,361,023
Seed potatoes Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 17,256 17,077 33.0 563,002
Seed potatoes Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 10,501 10,407 37.9 394,171
Seed potatoes West-Nederland (LD) 2023 10,225 10,061 33.8 340,270
Seed potatoes Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 1,897 1,885 33.7 63,580
Source: CBS.
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This table provides information per crop about the cultivated and harvested area, yield per hectare and the total yield in a harvest year. The data are available on national and regional level.
To obtain the crop yield, first a preliminary harvest estimate is made in August to October. This estimation is based on field visits by cultivation advisory bureau Delphy. The definite figures, which are based on a sample survey of farms with arable crops, will be published at the end of January.
The yields per hectare are rounded off to the nearest 100 kilograms. The total yields are rounded off to the nearest 1000 kilograms.
Data available from: 1994.

Status of the figures
The 2023 figures are final.

Changes as of March 29, 2024:
The figures for the final 2023 harvest estimate have been updated.

When will new figures be published?
The provisional harvest estimates are published for grains at the end of September and for all other crops at the end of October of the relevant harvest year. The figures of the final harvest estimate are published at the end of January of the year after the harvest and can be updated until the end of March.

Description topics

Area under cultivation
Hectares of farmland that correspond to the total sown area.
Harvested area
Hectares of farmland from which a crop is gathered. Area harvested, therefore, excludes the area from which, although sown or planted, there was no harvest due to damage, failure, etc.
Gross yield per ha
In determining the yield per hectare (the average yield figure), only the hectares which are effectively harvested or will be harvested are counted. Hectares of which the harvest is lost (for example due to
flooding) are not counted.
Gross yield, total
The total yield (total gross production) includes the whole area which has been harvested or still will be harvested. The total yield also includes the part of production that for some reason is unsuitable for its original purpose. This only applies if the crop can still be used for other purposes (for example, potatoes that can only be used for animal feed). This explains why the gross yield does not equal the commercial production.

The humidity degree of arable crop products such as cereals, oilseeds and plants harvested green can vary to a great extent, and thereby lead to variations in production across the years. In order to get a good estimate of the actual ‘dry’ yield and in order to harmonize data across multiple years, the yields per hectare and the gross yield (total) are recalculated with a standardized humidity degree.

The yields of grain maize and corn cob mix have been calculated with a standardized humidity percentage of 35 percent. Green maize is calculated at a humidity content of 65 percent.

The yield of cereals (wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale) are calculated with a humidity degree of 15 percent.

Since 2016, the yield of (turnip) rape seeds is based on a standardized moisture degree of 9 percent. The yield of the years prior to 2016 are based on the actual humidity degree in the relevant year. These humidity levels can be found in the database published on Eurostat.
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