Germany: Winter barley, wheat harvests expected to jump this year

Germany’s 2019 wheat harvest will jump 20.6 percent on the year to 24.44 million tonnes with rising expectations of a recovery after the drought-reduced harvest last year, the country’s association of farm cooperatives (DRV) said on April 16.

The German crop in 2018 suffered enormous damaged from a drought and heatwave which hit much of Western Europe.

The winter barley crop, mostly used for animal feed, will increase 34.6 percent on last year’s drought-reduced harvest to 9.92 million tonnes, the association said.

The spring barley crop, used for malt and beer production, is expected to fall by 5.1 percent on the year to 2.09 million tonnes partly because the mild winter has reduced the need to replant other frost-damaged grains.

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