During the 2021 autumn sowing, the areas sown with cereals increased 5.8% on the year.
Broken down by type of cereals, wheat amounted to 67.8% of sown cereals last autumn. It was planted on 160,000 hectares or 10.3% more on the year.
Barley follows with a share of 23.7% , being sown on 56,000 hectares, up 1,8%.
Oilseed rape was planted on 24,000 hectares, down by 20% or by 6,000 hectares fewer than the year before.
The sowing of oilseed rape amounted to 9.2% in the total areas sown with crops during the 2021 autumn sowing season.