FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/01 - ESTONIA (4 June)
The early outlook for winter grains is satisfactory. Adequate precipitation in April and May and above normal temperatures in April have also allowed and early start to spring plantings. The 2001 winter grain harvest is likely to be close to last year’s good level and, provided growing conditions remain favourable until the completion of the harvests in September, aggregate output could remain close to last year’s bumper 0.6 million tonnes cleaned weight, some 25 percent more than in 1999. The recovery in milk production continued in the first quarter of 2001 and the rate of slaughter of animals decreased.