ZAGREB, 26 Feb 2022 - The size of the areas sown with crops during the 2021 autumn sowing season in Croatia increased 2.8% to 260,000 hectares, compared to the previous autumn season, according to the data provided by the national statistical office (DZS).
During the 2021 autumn sowing, the areas sown with cereals increased 5.8% on the year.
Broken down by type of cereals, wheat amounted to 67.8% of sown cereals last autumn. It was planted on 160,000 hectares or 10.3% more on the year.
Barley follows with a share of 23.7% , being sown on 56,000 hectares, up 1,8%.
Oilseed rape was planted on 24,000 hectares, down by 20% or by 6,000 hectares fewer than the year before.
The sowing of oilseed rape amounted to 9.2% in the total areas sown with crops during the 2021 autumn sowing season.
