In Hungary, the areas damaged by drought increased significantly

Last week saw a significant increase in the area declared as drought-damaged, with hundreds of thousands of hectares already showing at least 30 percent of their crops burnt. Although the drought caused more devastation two years ago, this year could be the bigger blow for many struggling farmers, writes Világgazdaság. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers nationwide have declared drought damage on just over 300,000 hectares of land as of August 26 this year. The biggest losers are maize and sunflowers – these two crops account for 80 percent of the area declared drought-damaged so far – followed by alfalfa and soybean. While the northern and north-western parts of the country have seen an easing of the situation compared to the previous week, the lack of rainfall has increased in large parts of the Great Plain and southern Transdanubia, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of drought damage areas. in addition, the rainfall on Tuesday did not change this ...