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From February, Tike’s agricultural statistics press releases published in Matilda Agricultural Statistics service (09.02.2010)

Up to now, Tike’s (Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) agricultural statistics releases have been published on the Tike website and statistical tables in the Matilda information service. As from February, the releases will be published in the improved Matilda Agricultural Statistics service, which also operates the release subscription service. The service is at http://www.agriculturalstatistics.fi/en.

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.

Matilda Agricultural Statistics service

Tike has improved the Matilda information service. The new service is entitled Matilda Agricultural Statistics.