# The 2026 growing season: Fall in yields a taste of the future

> Teagasc's 2026 Harvest report shows Irish cereal production fell 11% to 1.997 million tonnes from 2.162 million in 2025, below the five-year average. Winter wheat output dropped about 100,000 tonnes with yields one t/ha lower, driven by a 6.8% cut in cereal area and summer drought.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T12:14:06.366Z
- Category: report · region Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95445-the-2026-growing-season-fall-in-yields-a-taste-of-the-future
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller Irish cereal crop increases local feed grain demand and reliance on imports, mildly supportive for feed grain prices in the region, though Ireland's volumes are small in global terms.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-18 | [New Season Wheat Yield In The EU To Grow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71428-new-season-wheat-yield-in-the-eu-to-grow.md) | +1.0% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-05-29 | [Wheat growers bear brunt of fall in 2026-27 winter crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19232-wheat-growers-bear-brunt-of-fall-in-2026-27-winter-crop.md) | -2.6% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-16 | [IGC sees grains output falling in 2026-27 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9570-igc-sees-grains-output-falling-in-2026-27-world-grain.md) | +4.0% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-12 | [The Corn Yields in Better Soils Are Surprisingly Good, Analyst Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44384-the-corn-yields-in-better-soils-are-surprisingly-good-analyst-says.md) | +0.7% | +8.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-13 | [A silver lining on a less than perfect season \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61531-a-silver-lining-on-a-less-than-perfect-season-the-land-nsw.md) | +2.5% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- irishexaminer.com: https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-41936640.html

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