Good news: Summer harvest successfully completed in Hungary – UPDATED: Sweet corn yield
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With the summer harvest completed, both crop yields per hectare and the total amount harvested exceeded expectations, Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy was quoted as saying by his ministry in a statement on Tuesday.
Crop yields of all summer cereals as well as rapeseed exceeded the five-year averages, the minister said. Autumn wheat yielded 5.55 tonnes/hectare and autumn barley had an average yield of 5.7 tonnes/hectare.
The amount of crops necessary for domestic supply will be harvested in the 2025-2026 season, and around a million tonnes will be available for exports, the minister said. The sowing area of autumn wheat is up 5.9pc this year from a year earlier, he added.
UPDATE: Sweet corn yield set to be similar to last year’s
The average yield for sweet corn on a national level is set to be similar in 2025 to last year’s, the National Agriculture Chamber and growers association FruitVeB said on Tuesday.