Press Release: Annual crop yield forecast: European Commission foresees above average cereals harvest for 2008

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Series Details IP/08/1251 (07.08.08)
Publication Date 07/08/2008
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Favourable weather conditions and an increase in the planted area farmed should lead to a total cereals harvest close to 301 M tonnes for this year in the European Union, 43 M tonnes more than in 2007. This represents an increase of 16% on the 2007 harvest and 9% on the past five years' average production. This forecast, published today by the European Commission, is based on an updated analysis by the Commission's in-house scientific service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), using an advanced crop yield forecasting system.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/537: Crop yield forecasts for 2008 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/537&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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