Germany's 2019 wheat harvest will be 17.5% higher than in the previous year at 23.81 million tonnes despite an early summer heatwave which stressed some crops, Germany's association of farm cooperatives (DRV) said on Wednesday.
But Germany's 2019 winter rapeseed crop will fall 23.7% to 2.79 million tonnes, the smallest crop in 22 years, after reduced sowings, the association said in its latest harvest forecast.
The DRV forecast the country's grains harvest of all types will increase 21.7% to 46.19 million tonnes. Germany is the European Union's second largest wheat producer after France and has regularly been the EU's largest producer of rapeseed, Europe's main oilseed for edible oil and biodiesel production.
The heatwave in Germany in late July and early August which produced record-high temperatures caused some damage to crop yields and quality in some areas, it said. But generally grains came through the heatwave well. The latest forecast was only slightly below the association's previous harvest estimate on July 16 when it forecast Germany's wheat harvest at 23.85 million tonnes, the winter rapeseed crop at 2.97 million tonnes and the grain harvest of all types at 46.49 million tonnes.