An unusually intensive harvest in Sweden 2020 – and a record breaking oats harvest
Harvesting is now over in Sweden and Lantmännen can summarize this year’s harvest and the intake of grains as extremely intensive. The harvest was of normal size and good quality, which is beneficial for both the food supply in Sweden and for the exports.Lantmännen published its harvest forecast in July; which estimated that the size of the Swedish harvest would be 6.1 million tons of grain, oilseed crops and pulses. The most recent Swedish Board of Agriculture figures, released in August, indicate around 6.4 million tons. The harvest has now been completed in the whole of Sweden.
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