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Tike’s advance harvest estimates are well on target (28.01.2010)

rypsi. The advance information Tike released in November 2009 included most of the harvest statistics data. The now-completed final Crop Production Statistics did not deviate greatly from the advance estimate. Historical data on grain harvests is also available: Findikaattori (www.findikaattori.fi, in Finnish and Swedish only) contains data on all recorded grain harvests in Finland since 1920. Historical data and even more information on the statistics will also be available from February onwards from Matilda, Tike’s overhauled online information service (www.agriculturalstatstics.fi).

Protein content of the grain harvest is low (28.01.2010)

vilja. The autumn 2009 wheat harvest broke records. However, the protein content of the harvest was low, and thus only a third of it fulfilled the quality requirements set for bread wheat. Of the malting barley harvest, 86 per cent fulfilled the requirements in terms of grain size and protein content. The average hectolitre weight of the feed grain crop was good, but its protein content fell short of the ten-year average.

Tike Yearbook of Farm Statistics also contains international information (18.01.2010)

Maatilatilastollisen vuosikirjan 2009 kansi For example: Of the world’s bovines, 15 percent are in Brazil and 13 percent in India. China has about half of the world’s pigs and a quarter of the chickens. Of the world’s horses, 16 percent are in the United States, 12% in China, 11% in Mexico, and 10% in Brazil. Half of all the world’s horses are on the American continent.

Matilda information service

Matilda (www.matilda.fi) is the electronic information service containing agricultural statistics prepared by Tike.