The Turkish National Cereals Council (UHK) announced the 2022/23 wheat yield forecast report for Turkey. According to the Council’s Wheat Production Yield 2nd Estimate Report for 2022-23 (October 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023), published on June 23, 2023, Turkey’s wheat yield will be around 21.5 million tons this year.
As the harvest season continues uninterruptedly across the country, the wheat yield forecast from the Turkish National Grain Council (UHK) has made everyone happy. In the forecast report of the UHK, it was stated that Turkey received 441 millimeters of precipitation in the 8-month development period between October 1 and May 31 of the 2022-2023 production year, 9 percent below the long-term average, and it was emphasized that the winter season was the second winter season with the lowest precipitation in the last 63 years.
The report, which predicts that the wheat cultivation area will be 7.3 million hectares in the 2022-2023, said: “When the change in cultivation areas, the amount and distribution of precipitation and local factors affecting yield are evaluated together, it is predicted that wheat yield will remain at the same level in the Marmara Region, increase by 3 percent each in the Aegean and Mediterranean Regions, 7 percent in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, 10 percent in the Central Anatolia Region, 12 percent in the Eastern Anatolia Region and 20 percent in the Black Sea Region compared to the long-term average. Based on these regional assessments, it is estimated that the yield in this production year will increase by 7.5 percent compared to the long-term average and will be 21.5 million tons.”
In the forecast report, it was stated that after a dry fall and winter season, the region experienced a period of intense rainfall in the spring.