Germany set for larger wheat crop, smaller rapeseed crop

HAMBURG: Germany is on course for a larger winter wheat crop in 2019 after drought caused massive harvest damage last year, the association of German farmers DBV said on Wednesday.

Germany will harvest about 24.1 million tonnes of winter wheat in 2019, up from the especially small crop of 19.6 million tonnes last year, the DBV said in its first harvest report of this year.

The winter rapeseed crop will fall to 3.1 million tonnes from 3.7 million tonnes last year.

A fall in the rapeseed harvest is anticipated after a sharp reduction in sowed area after poor autumn weather in Germany.