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The third estimate of yield 2024

Last update: 04.10.2024
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Publisher: Statistical Office of the SR
Topic: Sectoral statistics
Domain: Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Publish Date: 04.10.2024

This year's harvest of autumn crops will be lower than last year, a significant increase is expected only for potatoes

The third adjusted estimate confirmed an even greater year-on-year decrease in the total production of corn for grain, sunflower and sugar beet. On the contrary, potato yields per hectare will significantly exceed last year's values, as well as the average for the last 5 years.

According to a new estimate, the total production of the second most cultivated crop in Slovakia, corn for grain, should reach almost 982 thousand tons. Year-on-year, the harvest will thus decrease by 11%, despite a slight increase in the sown area. Compared to the second estimate, farmers reduced the estimations of the expected harvest of this commodity even more. The third estimate of yield was carried out by the Statistical Office of the SR as of September 15, 2024.

The estimated corn yields are 6.63 tons per hectare, which is by 17% less than last year and about 8% lower than the average yields over the past 5 years.

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A similar trend is also expected for corn and its mixtures for green and silage, where producers expect a total yield of almost 1.7 million tons from a comparable acreage with last year, which is almost by 15% less year-on-year. The hectare yield of 28.9 tons should reach 92% of last year's value, but still slightly above the 5-year average.

On the contrary, positive results were recorded by potatoes. Farmers increased their estimates of the total production of other potatoes (excluding early potatoes), which should reach 145 thousand tons, which is approximately by 35% (by 37.7 thousand tons) more than last year. The expected average yield of 29.5 tons per hectare should be higher by 18% than last year and at the same time by almost 27% above the average yield of the last 5 years. The area planted with potatoes increased by 11.5% year-on-year to 4.9 thousand hectares.

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According to the third estimate, the sunflower harvest should be a little lower than expected in August. It is estimated that the total production of sunflower will reach almost 160 thousand. tons, which is less than last year, despite the year-on-year increase in the sown area by 6.4% to 64 thousand hectares. Expected yields at the level of 2.49 tons per hectare decreased by 10% compared to last year and are at the same time by 3% lower than the average of the last 5 years.

Lower yields per hectare also affected the production of technical sugar beet, which is expected to decrease by 4% year-on-year to the level of 1.35 million tons. Despite the 8% increase in the sown area, the expected yield will reach 57 tons per hectare, which is by more than 6 tons less than last year, but still at the level of the 5-year average.

Outputs for the estimates of the yields

The estimate of the yields of selected agricultural crops is conducted by the SOSR three times a year. The first estimate of data collected as of 20 June is published at the beginning of July.

The second estimate of the yield conducted as of 15 August will be published at the end of August and the third estimate conducted as of 15 September is published at the turn of the months September/October. Definitive results for the 2024 yields will be released in a publication in March of the next year.

The estimates are conducted by a sampling method, the total yield is estimated by mathematical and statistical methods. Expectations are stated with the definition of a possible error that expresses a measure of accuracy of estimates and defines a confidence interval: A = up to 5%; B = from 5.01 to 10.0%; C = from 10.01 to 15.0%; D = from 15.01 to 20.0%; E = above 20.0%. The data without interval means that the total area was surveyed.

The Statistical Office of the SR conducted the first estimate of the yield as of 20 June 2024. Cereals grown in Slovakia on the largest area and rapeseed were included in the survey. Estimates of hectare yields were surveyed for each crop on at least 70% of the total sowing area.

Definitive yield results from previous years are available in the tables in the DATAcube database, in the Sector Statistics, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing section:

  • Yields of selected agricultural crops [pl2003rs]
  • Hectare yields of selected agricultural crops [pl3001rr]
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