In the past few days, the Federal Statistical Office has published a forecast on the areas under cultivation for grain. This showed that an area of 2.89 million hectares for winter wheat is expected for the 22nd season. The expectation is thus above the level of the previous year, 3.06 million hectares. A larger increase is expected for summer cereals. Here the cultivation of spring wheat is said to amount to 53,100 hectares, which corresponds to an increase of almost 74%. The geopolitical conflict in Ukraine in particular has contributed to this development. In the case of grain maize, the analysts expect cultivation on an area of 441,200 hectares (+2.4%). An increase in area to 1.08 million hectares (+7.9%) is also expected for oilseed.