{"id":9390,"date":"2026-03-20T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9390"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:00:23","slug":"cocereal-projects-4-6-drop-in-romanias-grain-crop-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9390","title":{"rendered":"Cocereal projects 4.6% drop in Romania\u2019s grain crop this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s total grain production is expected to decline by 4.6% in 2026 to 23.7 million tonnes, according to projections by Cocereal, amid slightly reduced cultivated areas and weaker average yields, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economica.net\/rosu-aproape-generalizat-in-prima-prognoza-agricola-a-anului-fermierii-ar-putea-baga-in-hambare-cu-11-milioane-de-tone-de-cereale-mai-putin_924218.html?mc_cid=3e0c5922ca&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Economica.net<\/a> reported. The overall cultivated area is seen decreasing by 1%, while lower productivity is set to weigh more significantly on output.<\/p>\n<p>Wheat production is forecast at 11 million tonnes, down 17.5% from last year\u2019s record of 13.4 million tonnes. The decline reflects both a 2% reduction in cultivated area and weaker yields, which are expected to remain below five tonnes per hectare. In contrast, durum wheat yields are projected to improve by 2.9%, keeping production broadly stable at around 37,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>Barley output is also expected to decrease despite increased farmer interest. Although the cultivated area expanded by 4.4%, total production is projected to fall by 5% to 3.2 million tonnes, compared to 3.4 million tonnes a year earlier, due to lower yields.<\/p>\n<p>Corn is anticipated to be the main positive contributor to this year\u2019s harvest. Cocereal estimates average yields of 4.5 tonnes per hectare, up 18.4% compared to 2025, which would lift production to over 8.7 million tonnes from 7.4 million tonnes last year, despite a 1% decline in cultivated area.<\/p>\n<p>The mixed outlook reflects ongoing volatility in agricultural conditions, with yield variations continuing to play a decisive role in overall grain production.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Musuc Alexandr\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s total grain production is expected to decline by 4.6% in 2026 to 23.7 million tonnes, according to projections by Cocereal, amid slightly reduced cultivated areas and weaker average yields, Economica.net reported. The overall cultivated area is seen decreasing by 1%, while lower productivity is set to weigh more significantly on output. Wheat production is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}