Harvest begin
The harvest has began nationwide and the silos are able to accommodate the grain.
“The warehouses are nearly empty now that the export market has recovered,” Zsolt Feldman introduced the excellent news. The State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture referred to the actual fact, which has not been notably communicated on this nation up to now, that the market has consolidated following the flood of grain from Ukraine. Hungary was in a position to export 3.3 million tonnes of grain once more within the second half of 2023, in comparison with 1.9 million tonnes of grain in the identical interval of 2022. Italy particularly, the place cheaper Ukrainian wheat was most well-liked to Hungarian wheat for some time, is now more and more sourcing its grain imports from Hungary once more.
In the beginning of the harvest, it’s clear that farmers haven’t needed to endure any excessive climate this 12 months; essentially the most notable drawback is the shortage of rainfall within the lowlands. The world beneath wheat has fallen by nearly a fifth to 865,000 hectares, and barley by a 3rd to 260,000 hectares, however the space beneath soya has doubled to 110,000 hectares. Due to the rain in Might, consultants expect an averagely good harvest, and home provides will not be in danger.
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