Drought: Hungary in the death zone

Seeing the satellite images, the European analysts typically had to adjust the expectations for July down by 3 percent, but the results of the already harvested plants were also reduced by roughly the same amount. The expected yield of most plants is already below the five-year average. Exceptions are spring barley, which produced an average yield of 5 tons, which exceeded this by 9 percent, dry beans, which with an average of 2.8 tons showed a 4 percent better result than in previous years, and silage corn, which with an average of 42.7 t/ha 3 can show a percentage plus. At EU level, the expected yield of soybeans is still around the five-year average, analysts expect a result of 2.75 t/ha, on the other hand, the average yield of sunflower, which is expected to be 2 tons, is 5 percent below the five-year average. The expected average yield of corn at 7 t/ha represents a 4 percent yield loss compared to previous years. According to analysts' estimates, our country's crop averages ...