Grain harvest in 2014 third highest in Czech history

The Czech grain harvest increased by 17 percent in 2014, hitting an overall yield of 8.8 million tonnes, the Czech Statistical Office announced on Tuesday. Last year’s harvest of grain is the third highest in the country’s history. The harvest of wheat, the main crop, has risen by 16 percent to 5.5 million tonnes. Farmers have also harvested a record 1.3 million tonnes of rapeseed, an increase by 94,000 tonnes.