Utilised Agricultural Area 2016, preliminary data

Arable areas in 2016 based on the situation on 15 June 2016. The next adjustment to the preliminary information will be made based on more extensive data on 30 June.

In 2016, the most significant changes in the use of the arable area in Finland (2.3 million hectares);

• the cultivated area of cereals, 1,112,000 hectares, remains half of the entire area, but will decrease by 25,000 hectares;
• the area under oats, 329,000 hectares, will increase by 7%, but area under wheat (225,000 ha), barley (489,000 ha) and rye (26,000 ha) will decrease by 9%, 5% and 16%, respectively
• the area under broad beans (17,000 ha) will increase by 26%
• the area under turnip rape and oilseed rape (63,000 ha) will increase by 10%

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