DRV corrected German grain harvest 2016 down - not ruling out further reductions The German Raiffeisen Federation (DRV) assumes in his current crop estimate for July only an average grain harvest totalling just under 47.5 million tonnes . Last year's result of 48.8 million tonnes below after this new estimate of 2.7 percent. The estimate last month was still 48.0 million t reason for this adjustment are mainly lower estimated hectare in winter wheat and winter barley. Wheat yields will reach not last year's level of 80.7 t / ha 78.7 dt / ha. In addition they fear loss of quality as a result of the heavy rainfall. In the barley Flächenerträge 5.1 will be significantly worse % than in the previous year. Low test weights in large parts of the Federal territory are basic. The winter wheat , the DRV expects a harvest volume of good 25 million tonnes or 4.3 percent lower than the previous year. The winter barley crop should remain with good 9.2 million tonnes also significantly below the previous year's result (- 4.4%). The previous year earnings but at record levels. At the rye the DRV assumes unchanged by a harvest volume amounting to 3.3 million tons. The summer barley harvest will continue with just under 2 million tonnes on the same level as in the previous year. The corn harvest forecast the same DRV to 4.5 million tonnes. The harvest has started now in wide parts of Germany. Just in the areas of early threshing barley is already a high percentage introduced been. First messages show more often worse results than in the northern and Eastern provinces in the Southwest. Prospects for the wheat harvest can still not very accurately be categorized. It depends too much by the development of the weather during harvest time. The cooperatives on the wheat harvest in some regions soon starting look with voltage. However, are also in Germany due to the high rainfall in the past few weeks partially cannot be ruled out sacrificing quality.
