The area cultivated with corn in 2013 accounts for 47.1% of the grain growing area and the area cultivated with wheat makes up 39%. Cereal output rose 63.9% on the year in 2013 due to increased yields per hectare (average output per hectare) for corn (double), barley and two-row barley (+39.8%), wheat (+31.2%) and oat (+16.6%).
Vegetable output rose 12.7% due to increased yields per hectare (+15.3%), although the cultivated area fell 2.2%. Production of oil plants climbed 79.3%, due to an increase in cultivated area (+13.6%) and higher yields per hectare.
Growth was also registered for rapeseed output (a 4.3-fold rise), mainly due to a 2.7-fold increase in cultivated area, sunflower output (+52.7%) and soy output (+45.2%). The soy-growing area decreased by 13.8%.
Sugarbeet output rose 37.6%, mainly due to 32.7% higher yield per hectare and a 3.7% increase in cultivated area. Potato output was 31.8% higher, due to higher yield per hectare (+42.0%), although the cultivated area saw 7.1% year-on-year decrease.
Vegetable output rose 13.6%, due to increased average outputs per hectare, although cultivated areas saw a slight decline.
Romania placed fourth in the EU by wheat-growing area in 2013, being outranked by France, Germany and Poland, and sixth in terms of output, being outranked by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland and Spain. As far as yields go, Romania ranks among the last EU member states.
Romania came in first in the EU by corn-growing area and second in terms of output after France, due to much lower yields. Actually, Romania’s corn yield is the lowest compared to that registered by the largest EU member states.