agriculture

28/03/2017

Hungarian meat exports greenlighted to Philippines – UPDATE

Three Hungarian companies have been given the go-ahead to export meat to the Philippines
21/03/2017

Crisis in the Hungarian ostrich industry

Is ostrich industry in a crisis?
21/02/2017

Agriculture minister orders quality comparison inspection of products

Budapest (MTI) – The agriculture minister has ordered that Hungarian food safety authority Nébih conduct an inspection comparing the quality of identically-branded products available at domestic […]
18/02/2017

Agriculture adds 0.6 percentage points to 2016 GDP growth in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Agriculture expanded at double-digit rates in 2016 and the sector contributed about 0.6 percentage points to last year’s 2 percent GDP growth, Economy […]
16/02/2017

Bird flu restrictions on poultry farms could be lifted in March

Budapest, February 16 (MTI) – Poultry farms in Hungary have shown no sign of bird flu since the end of January, and if the virus does […]
09/02/2017

Goose, duck farmers to receive EUR 4.8m in compensation for bird flu damages

Budapest (MTI) – The ministry of agriculture will pay 1.5 billion forints (EUR 4.8m) to goose and duck farmers in compensation for their losses in connection […]
08/02/2017

Hungary farm minister discusses cooperation with Smolensk district

Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian Farm Minister Sándor Fazekas visited Russia’s Smolensk district on Tuesday as part of his trip to the country and held talks with […]
06/02/2017

Hungarian farm minister conducts talks with Russian colleague in Moscow – UPDATE

Budapest, February 6 (MTI) – Hungarian farm minister Sándor Fazekas had talks with his Russian counterpart Aleksandr Tkachev in Moscow on Monday after the opening of […]
01/02/2017

Govt pays out EUR 3.75m to compensate bird flu-hit poultry farmers

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – The government has so far paid 1.164 billion forints (EUR 3.75m) to 45 Hungarian poultry farmers as compensation for their losses […]
20/01/2017

Berlin’s Green Week has opened with Hungary as a guest of honour

Berlin, January 20 (MTI) – The world’s biggest farm and food expo, Berlin’s Internationale Gruene Woche (IGW), has opened with Hungary as guest of honour, and […]
19/01/2017

Hungary to be guest of honour at Berlin Green Week – UPDATE

Berlin, January 18 (MTI) – Hungary will be the guest of honour at Berlin’s Internationale Gruene Woche, the largest exhibition of farming, gardening and food processing […]
13/01/2017

Farm PPI down 5.5 pc in November, consumer prices in Hungary grew by an annual 1.8 percent in December 2016

Budapest, January 13 (MTI) – Consumer prices in Hungary grew by an annual 1.8 percent in December 2016, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. […]
11/01/2017

Hungary’s farm minister: Basic foods cheaper thanks to government policies

Budapest, January 11 (MTI) – The government’s tax and farm policies are putting downward price pressure on basic foods and encouraging people to buy more Hungarian […]
09/01/2017

Bird flu costs over EUR 9.8m in Hungary

Budapest, January 9 (MTI) – Direct costs incurred in connection with the bird flu epidemic affecting several areas in Hungary have by now amounted to over […]
03/01/2017

Govt mulls lowering VAT on sour cream, cottage cheese, pork organs in 2018

Budapest, January 3 (MTI) – The government is working to lower the value-added tax on sour cream, cottage cheese and pork organs next year, the farm […]
21/12/2016

Organic farming nearly doubles in one year

Budapest, December 21 (MTI) – Organic farming nearly doubled in Hungary in the past year, business daily Világgazdaság said on Wednesday, citing the head of the […]
10/12/2016

GMO-free Hungary: blessing or curse?

There were hard debates on the GMO at the conference of Agrárszektor 2016. Policy and science clashed through serious arguments and counter-arguments. One thing is for sure: […]
07/12/2016

Top court rejects request to annul contested land fund law clauses

Budapest, December 7 (MTI) – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a lower court’s request to annul certain clauses of the national land fund law and […]
03/12/2016

V4 farm chambers reject EU plan to use rural subsidies against refugee costs

Budapest (MTI) – The agriculture chambers of the Visegrad Group countries issued a joint statement on Friday rejecting the idea that European Union rural development funding […]
27/11/2016

Hungary allocates funding to farmers in Transcarpathia

Beregszász (in Ukrainian: Berehove) (MTI) – More than 300 ethnic Hungarian farmers in Transcarpathia (in Hungarian: Kárpátalja) signed contracts on receiving funding worth almost 600 million […]