Good news for Hungarian plant growers, American satellite confirms the suspicion

For years, drought has plagued Hungarian arable crop production, and a recent American data point now represents another bitter pill for domestic farmers. The Hungarian agriculture had to endure the drought of the century in 2022. At that time, many corn-growing farmers believed that things couldn't get any worse, yet the average 2023 season was followed by catastrophic years in 2024 and 2025. According to recent data, in drought-stricken Békés, an average of only 2.1 tons of this important crop was harvested per hectare. The topic was also covered by the Trend FM program, which featured Zoltán Reng, the CEO of Hungrana Corn and Isomaltulose Producer and Distributor Ltd. This was not by chance, as the company has been a defining player in the Hungarian food industry for over a century, currently processing about 1 million tons of corn annually. Part of the freshly purchased crop will be used as animal feed, but their production of bioethanol and alcohol is also important, and ...