Autumn wheat accounted for the largest part of autumn sowing with 461,200 hectares, an increase of nine percent compared to last year and 14 percent greater than the average for the last five years, the agency writes in a press release.
This year’s total of 652,800 hectares of autumn sowing means a step up from last year’s 605,400 hectares.
Autumn rye acreage took a significant step up and increased by 41 percent in relation to 2021. Autumn rye has seen a declining trend in recent years, but this year’s sowing is approaching the level from 2019.
The figures for the winter cereal and winter rye wheat areas are at the same level as last year.
The same applies to autumn canola, which landed on 111,700 hectares, which is 14 percent above the five-year average.
However, the dry weather in August and the first half of September meant that many farmers chose to plant rapeseed and sow winter wheat or winter rye instead. Some farmers worry that weakened stocks of autumn rape will not survive the winter, writes the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
The organic autumn sowing also ended up with its 54,800 hectares on par with 2021 and increased 16 percent compared to the average of the last five years.