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WHEAT IN TH E EU28 THE EU28 is the largest wheat producer in the world 2.3 million farms cultivate wheat in the EU28 and 4.6 million farmers rely on wheat for their income PRODUCTION FARMERS France and Germany produce 44% of the EU28 wheat 4.6 million farmers 149 million tons 24.4 million hectares Since1975, the wheat area in the EU has remained almost stable AREA CULTIVATED SHARE OF CEREALS Wheat Barley Maize Triticale Rye Others Wheat accounts for 45% of the cereals produced in the EU28

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Page 1: WHEATINTHEEU28...PRODUCTION FARMERS France and Germany produce 44% of the EU28 wheat 149milliontons 4.6millionfarmers 24.4millionhectares Since1975, the wheat area in the EU has remained

WHEAT IN TH E EU28THE EU28 is the largest wheat producer in the world

2.3 million farmscultivate wheat in theEU28 and 4.6 millionfarmers rely on wheatfor their income

PRODUCTION FARMERSFrance and Germanyproduce 44% of theEU28 wheat

4.6 million farmers149 million tons

24.4 million hectares

Since1975, the wheatarea in the EU hasremained almost stable

AREA CULTIVATEDSHARE OFCEREALS

Wheat

Barley

Maize

Triticale

RyeOthers

Wheat accounts for45% of the cerealsproduced in the EU28

Page 2: WHEATINTHEEU28...PRODUCTION FARMERS France and Germany produce 44% of the EU28 wheat 149milliontons 4.6millionfarmers 24.4millionhectares Since1975, the wheat area in the EU has remained

35% of European wheatis used as feed, 32% isused for domestichuman consumption,and 22% is exported

YIELD USESYields in Europe arealmost double theworld average

6.1 tons per hectare

Yield improvementsare steady since the1980s

VALUE

DATA YEAR: 2014

Eurostat database: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

Eurostat publication: Agriculture, forestry and fisherystatistics — 2015 editionhttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-books/-/KS-FK-15-101

EU balance sheets for cereals, oilseeds and ricehttp://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cereals/balance-sheets/index_en.htm

€9 billion

In 2014, thecontribution of wheat(gross value added) tothe EU economy wasestimated to be over€9 billion

SOURCES

Updated: October 2016

presented by :

www.wheatgenome.org