Declared crop · code RUŽ · 2026
Winter rye in Lithuania 2026
In 2026, farmers in Lithuania declared 20,805 ha of winter rye in 7,558 fields - an average field of 2.75 ha - across 52 municipalities. Below: area by year and by municipality.
Lithuanian classifier name: „Žieminiai rugiai“.
20,805
Area, ha
7,558
Fields
2.75
Average field, ha
52
Municipalities
Declared area by year
Declared area by year · Winter rye
ha
23,298
20,805
2025*2026
| Year | Area, ha | Fields | Avg field, ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025* | 23,298 | 8,793 | 2.65 |
| 2026 | 20,805 | 7,558 | 2.75 |
* Incomplete year: only part of that year's declarations is loaded in the open dataset, so no year-on-year change is calculated against it.
Winter rye by municipality, 2026
The 15 municipalities with the largest declared area (of 52). Municipality names are given as in the source (Lithuanian); linked names open the list of farms and agricultural companies registered there.
| # | Municipality | Area, ha | Fields | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Šalčininkų r. sav. | 4,922 | 1,709 | 23.7% |
| 2 | Varėnos r. sav. | 3,086 | 1,043 | 14.8% |
| 3 | Trakų r. sav. | 1,276 | 447 | 6.1% |
| 4 | Lazdijų r. sav. | 842 | 504 | 4.0% |
| 5 | Vilniaus r. sav. | 804 | 363 | 3.9% |
| 6 | Anykščių r. sav. | 782 | 191 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Rokiškio r. sav. | 732 | 163 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Panevėžio r. sav. | 580 | 141 | 2.8% |
| 9 | Biržų r. sav. | 564 | 100 | 2.7% |
| 10 | Šilutės r. sav. | 559 | 242 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Molėtų r. sav. | 506 | 212 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Kupiškio r. sav. | 490 | 108 | 2.4% |
| 13 | Kauno r. sav. | 487 | 155 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Ukmergės r. sav. | 434 | 135 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Utenos r. sav. | 415 | 154 | 2.0% |
Other crops
- Winter wheat (793,763 ha)
- Permanent grassland and meadows (5 years or older) (423,499 ha)
- Winter rapeseed (302,061 ha)
- Temporary grassland and meadows (under 5 years) (137,183 ha)
- Spring barley (130,148 ha)
- Field beans (112,701 ha)
- Spring wheat (111,209 ha)
- Peas (79,301 ha)
- Maize (65,637 ha)
- Winter triticale (59,734 ha)
- Buckwheat (46,600 ha)
- Winter barley (41,557 ha)