date:Mar 11, 2014
e area sown would remain stable on year.
Total usable grains production in the EU in 2014 would be at 301.3 million tonnes, down slightly from 304.8 million last year, it said. For rapeseed, the Commission forecast production at 20.7 million tonnes, down from 20.8 million tonnes last year but still more than 2.5 percent above the five-year average. Overall, milder than usual and sufficiently humid conditions allowed a good crop emergence and establishment, the Commission said. No extreme frost