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Crops yields

Historic data since 1890 derived from MAFF statistics. Note:
Yields are tonnes /hectare
Production is 000 tonnes
Area is 000 hectares


wheat

Wheat year
Yield
Production
Area

1890

1891

1892
1.83
1645
898

1893
1.81
1383
768

1894
2.13
1663
780

1895
1.82
1045
573

1896
2.33
1603
686

1897
2.02
1544
764

1898
2.41
2052
851

1899
2.27
1841
810

1900
1.98
1479
747

1901
2.13
1474
688

1902
2.28
1592
698

1903
2.1
1338
640

1904
1.86
1036
556

1905
2.27
1654
727

1906
2.37
1686
711

1907
2.35
1543
658

1908
2.23
1473
658

1909
2.31
1700
738

1910
2.08
1526
732

1911
2.33
1805
771

1912
1.95
1520
779

1913
2.21
1566
711

1914
2.3
1734
756

1915
2.2
1993
909

1916
1.98
1584
799

1917
2.07
1661
801

1918
2.31
2467
1067

1919
2.02
1878
931

1920
1.97
1540
781

1921
2.5
2060
826

1922
2.15
1770
822

1923
2.21
1612
728

1924
2.22
1435
645

1925
2.3
1437
626

1926
2.07
1382
666

1927
2.2
1512
689

1928
2.3
1350
588

1929
2.41
1351
559

1930
2.02
1145
567

1931
2.03
1026
505

1932
2.18
1184
542

1933
2.41
1693
704

1934
2.51
1889
751

1935
2.33
1771
758

1936
2.06
1497
728

1937
2.06
1529
741

1938
2.56
1991
778

1939
2.33
1669
713

1940
2.27
1654
727

1941
2.23
2033
909

1942
2.56
2598
1013

1943
2.5
3491
1397

1944
2.45
3185
1301

1945
2.4
2209
919

1946
2.4
1997
834

1947
1.93
1693
875

1948
2.6
2394
921

1949
2.82
2238
794

1950
2.64
2646
1002

1951
2.72
2353
862

1952
2.85
2342
821

1953
3.01
2705
896

1954
2.85
2826
993

1955
3.35
2640
788

1956
3.11
2888
927

1957
3.19
2723
853

1958
3.09
2751
892

1959
3.63
2827
780

1960
3.58
3037
849

1961
3.54
2610
737

1962
4.35
3968
911

1963
3.9
3044
779

1964
4.24
3790
892

1965
4.07
4166
1024

1966
3.84
3471
904

1967
4.18
3899
932

1968
3.54
3466
977

1969
4.04
3361
832

1970
4.19
4232
1008

1971
4.39
4812
1095

1972
4.24
4776
1127

1973
4.37
4999
1145

1974
4.97
6127
1232

1975
4.34
4486
1033

1976
3.85
4738
1230

1977
4.9
5274
1076

1978
5.27
6617
1256

1979
5.23
7167
1371

1980
5.89
8468
1441

1981
5.84
8705
1490

1982
6.2
10307
1662

1983
6.37
10789
1693

1984
7.72
14938
1936

1985
6.33
12039
1897

1986
6.97
13890
1994

1987
5.99
11908
1989

1988
6.23
11714
1881

1989
6.74
14000
2078

1990
6.97
13996
2008

1991
7.25
14321
1975

1992
6.82
14042
2060

1993
7.34
12853
1752

1994
7.35
13264
1804

1995
7.7
14260
1852

1996
8.15
16040
1969

1997
7.38
14970
2029

1998
7.57
15420
2038

1999
8.06
14850
1844

2000
8.01
16660
2081

2001
7.1
11550
1631

2002
8.05
16006
1989

2003
7.78
14236
1829

2004
7.78
15408
1981

2005
7.96
14815
1860

2006
8.04
14669
1824

2007
7.23
13069
1807

2008
8.28
17131
2068

2009

2010

2011


wheat

Barley year
Yield
Production
Area









1892
2.06
1716
824

1893
1.72
1450
840

1894
2.07
1761
848

1895
1.91
1673
877

1896
2.02
1725
852

1897
1.97
1627
824

1898
2.15
1658
771

1899
2.06
1649
802

1900
1.88
1517
805

1901
1.86
1488
798

1902
2.1
1620
773

1903
1.92
1448
752

1904
1.87
1393
745

1905
2.03
1416
694

1906
2.11
1495
709

1907
2.11
1458
693

1908
1.97
1328
675

1909
2.17
1466
673

1910
1.95
1361
700

1911
1.98
1279
647

1912
1.82
1214
667

1913
2.01
1431
711

1914
2.02
1389
688

1915

1916
1.86
1128
608

1917
1.84
1208
655

1918
1.97
1320
669

1919
1.79
1222
681

1920
1.9
1414
745

1921
1.83
1190
650

1922
1.81
1114
616

1923
1.86
1117
601

1924
1.96
1162
593

1925
1.97
1172
595

1926
2.02
1042
514

1927
2.06
972
472

1928
2.17
1140
525

1929
2.26
1117
494

1930
1.86
846
456

1931
1.91
861
452

1932
2.03
847
416

1933
2.13
699
328

1934
2.15
830
387

1935
2.12
744
351

1936
2.06
741
361

1937
1.82
666
366

1938
2.3
916
398

1939
2.21
903
409

1940
2.07
1107
535

1941
1.95
1145
590

1942
2.37
1455
612

1943
2.31
1659
717

1944
2.22
1765
792

1945
2.38
2130
891

1946
2.23
1988
892

1947
1.97
1640
831

1948
2.45
2054
841

1949
2.6
2158
831

1950
2.41
1735
718

1951
2.55
1967
771

1952
2.57
2366
921

1953
2.85
2555
898

1954
2.72
2274
833

1955
3.21
2978
927

1956
3.02
2838
938

1957
2.84
2990
1056

1958
2.89
3203
1108

1959
3.3
4047
1227

1960
3.16
4236
1341

1961
3.3
4958
1504

1962
3.64
5689
1561

1963
3.54
6535
1847

1964
3.71
7313
1970

1965
3.77
7957
2109

1966
3.54
8528
2411

1967
3.79
9014
2377

1968
3.44
8073
2345

1969
3.6
8483
2358

1970
3.36
7371
2193

1971
3.74
8362
2231

1972
4.05
9071
2237

1973
3.98
8832
2219

1974
4.13
8936
2165

1975
3.63
8324
2295

1976
3.51
7478
2132

1977
4.38
10295
2348

1978
4.2
9622
2292

1979
4.12
9448
2291

1980
4.44
10130
2279

1981
4.42
10058
2276

1982
4.94
10752
2175

1983
4.67
9980
2097

1984
5.65
10848
1921

1985
4.99
9578
1919

1986
5.25
9818
1869

1987
5.05
9024
1786

1988
4.68
8579
1835

1989
4.9
7898
1613

1990
5.22
7724
1479

1991
5.5
7454
1355

1992
5.71
7196
1260

1993
5.24
5901
1126

1994
5.39
5788
1073

1995
5.75
6668
1159

1996
6.16
7600
1233

1997
5.78
7640
1322

1998
5.31
6480
1220

1999
5.6
6410
1142

2000
5.78
6310
1095

2001
5.4
6530
1211

2002
5.67
6080
983

2003
5.94
6232
1050

2004
5.78
5677
984

2005
5.89
5417
916

2006
5.97
5124
859

2007
5.67
4960
875

2008
5.98
6013
1006

2009

2010







wheat

Oats year
Yield
Production
Area









1892
1.73
2099
898

1893
1.59
2040
768

1894
1.86
2443
780

1895
1.66
2204
573

1896
1.64
2060
686

1897
1.72
2109
764

1898
1.82
2145
851

1899
1.73
2070
810

1900
1.69
2072
747

1901
1.64
1989
688

1902
1.9
2351
698

1903
1.77
2249
640

1904
1.74
2298
556

1905
1.69
2102
727

1906
1.86
2284
711

1907
1.92
2433
658

1908
1.77
2225
658

1909
1.82
2201
738

1910
1.79
2196
732

1911
1.73
2106
771

1912
1.54
1893
779

1913
1.71
2018
711

1914
1.79
2066
756

1915
1.77
2203
909

1916
1.72
2134
799

1917
1.73
2774
801

1918
1.84
3013
1067

1919
1.61
2381
931

1920
1.68
2251
781

1921
1.71
2177
826

1922
1.54
1963
822

1923
1.73
2078
728

1924
1.84
2236
645

1925
1.88
2129
626

1926
2.01
2276
666

1927
1.86
1996
689

1928
2.05
2182
588

1929
2.08
2314
559

1930
1.9
2020
567

1931
1.88
1891
505

1932
2.05
2029
542

1933
2.05
1951
704

1934
2
1790
751

1935
2.03
1849
758

1936
1.92
1750
728

1937
1.97
1630
741

1938
2.03
1730
778

1939
2.03
1761
713

1940
2.03
2555
727

1941
2.02
2861
909

1942
2.15
3176
1013

1943
2.08
2713
1397

1944
2.01
2616
1301

1945
2.17
2909
919

1946
2.01
2568
834

1947
1.92
2280
875

1948
2.2
2613
921

1949
2.31
2684
794

1950
2.17
2423
1002

1951
2.3
2359
862

1952
2.42
2523
821

1953
2.51
2590
896

1954
2.38
2237
993

1955
2.69
2525
788

1956
2.43
2273
927

1957
2.31
1973
853

1958
2.46
1988
892

1959
2.75
2033
780

1960
2.66
1900
849

1961
2.72
1708
737

1962
2.94
1611
911

1963
2.86
1324
779

1964
3.04
1226
892

1965
3.09
1142
1024

1966
3.15
1048
904

1967
3.4
1307
932

1968
3.28
1149
977

1969
3.49
1250
832

1970
3.29
1175
1008

1971
3.8
1321
1095

1972
4.03
1221
1127

1973
3.89
1054
1145

1974
3.78
931
1232

1975
3.46
772
1033

1976
3.28
748
1230

1977
4.08
772
1076

1978
3.96
693
1256

1979
4.02
530
1371

1980
4.15
589
1441

1981
4.35
609
1490

1982
4.44
564
1662

1983
4.43
465
1693

1984
4.9
505
1936

1985
4.64
609
1897

1986
5.26
494
1994

1987
4.57
439
1989

1988
4.5
527
1881

1989
4.47
518
2078

1990
4.95
515
2008

1991
5.07
507
1975

1992
5.02
492
2060

1993
5.25
470
1752

1994
5.53
586
1804

1995
5.56
606
1852

1996
6.15
578
1969

1997
5.82
565
2029

1998
6
568
2038

1999
5.87
523
1844

2000
5.87
623
2081

2001
5.6
590
1631

2002
6.02
758
1989

2003
6.2
736
1829

2004
5.8
616
1981

2005
5.87
522
1860

2006
6.02
717
1824

2007
5.51
701
1807

2008
5.81
773
2068

2009

2010








Area sown to wheat, barley and oats in Britain since 1890The total area sown to wheat, barley and oats in Britain since 1890 has remained broadly stable, albeit with notable peaks for each of the World Wars and during the agricultural revolution of the 1960-80's.


The area Area sown to wheat in Britain since 1890 sown to wheat in Britain has grown substantially since the 1970's which reflects its potential productivity driven by the use of chemicals that reduce disease and prevent the crop from falling over. It has largely replaced oats.


Area sown to barley in Britain since 1890The area sown to barley in the UK peaked in the 1960-1990 period when it was fashionable to grow continuous barley without rotation (barley barrons) - a practice that has since ceased.


The aArea sown to oats (biofuels) since 1890rea sown to oats since 1890. Oats were largely grown for animal fodder, in particular to feed to horses (an historic biofuel). Note the spikes in production for the two World Wars. During the First World War, more tonnes of hay and oats were shipped across the channel to feed horses than armaments for the troops.


Wheat yields in Brtain since 1890 Rising yields since the 1950's reflect the greater use of mechanisation, plant breeding, crop protection chemicals and inorganic fertilisers.


Barley yields in Britain since 1890Rising yields since the 1950's reflect the greater use of mechanisation, plant breeding, crop protection chemicals and inorganic fertilisers.


Oat yields in Brtain since 1890 Rising yields since the 1950's reflect the greater use of mechanisation, plant breeding, crop protection chemicals and inorganic fertilisers.


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