Miller Magazine Issue: 145 January 2022

41 MILLER / january 2022 NEWS In its first forecast for the 2022 crop, COCERAL sees the total grain crop in the EU-27+UK at 304.5 million tonnes. This would be slightly down from the 307.6 million tonnes harvested in 2021. COCERAL, the European association of cereals, feed- stuff, and agro supply trade, has published the EU Crop Forecast - December 2021 report on 13th December. Ac- cording to the report, wheat production (excluding du- rum) is expected to decrease from 143.2 million tonnes to 139.8 million tonnes, mainly because of a return to av- erage yields in the Balkan region after record high crops have been reached there in 2021. The French crop is forecast to be down by almost 1 million tonnes year-on- year, while the German crop is seen higher by a good half mln t. The EU-27+UK 2022 barley production is forecast at 59 million tonnes, marginally down from 59.4 million tonnes this year. The EU-27+UK 2022 corn crop is seen almost unchanged year-on-year at 66.4 million tonnes (2021: 66.3 mln t), with a much higher crop in Hungary, but slightly lower crops in Poland, Germany, France, and Romania. The EU-27+UK rapeseed crop is forecast to recover from 18.5 million tonnes to 20.0 million tonnes mainly be- cause of higher plantings in several countries, including Germany, France, the UK, Romania, and Bulgaria. EU grain production expected to fall