Cereals purchased, used and stockpiled, Q4 2023 and year 2023

In 2023, just over 1.6 billion kilos of cereals will have left farms, of which the organic share will be less than 3%. Domestic industry used just under 1.3 billion kilograms of cereals for food milling, feed and other products. 

In addition to cereals, oil and protein crops, including 37 million kilos of rapeseed and oilseed rape and around 49 million kilos of peas, left the farm market. Purchases of peas were exceptionally large, up almost 80% on the previous year. However, the strongest growth was in broad beans, where purchases more than doubled.

Cereal stocks in 2023 as a whole were around 12% lower than a year earlier, and 19% lower for organic crops. Only oats and rye stocks remained relatively unchanged. Barley stocks showed the largest reduction, of around 30%. Stocks of rape and colza more than doubled, while those of peas swelled by 40%.

From farms to market during 2023

• 268 million kilograms of bread wheat
• 171 million kilos of feed wheat
• 73 million kilos of rye
• 417 million kilos of feed barley
• 96 million kilos of malting barley
• 334 million kilograms of food oats
• 282 million kilograms of feed oats
• rapeseed and colza 37 million kilograms
• peas 49 million kilograms
• 8 million kilograms of broad beans

In 2023, the following will end up for industrial use

• 403 million kilos of wheat
• 74 million kilos of rye
• 451 million kilos of barley
• 356 million kilos of oats
• peas 35 million kilos
• 8.3 million kilos of broad beans
• 31 million kilograms of maize
• soybeans 27 million kilos

At the end of 2023, industrial and commercial stocks of cereals and protein crops will be

• just over 0.5 billion kilograms of cereals in total
• 125 million kilograms of wheat
• 70 million kilos of rye
• 94 million kilograms of barley, and
• oats 240 million kilograms
• 31 million kilos of rapeseed and canola
• peas 17 million kilograms
• 4 million kilos of broad beans
• 11 million kilos of maize