South American imported walnuts are gaining ground in the markets, more and more people are buying instead of Hungarian ones

The area under walnuts in Hungary has grown dynamically in the last 10-15 years. While only 3,000 hectares of plantations were registered in the country around 2009-2010, in 2020 Hungarian farmers applied for support for approximately 8,300 hectares of walnut plantations - explained Péter Kelemen. According to the vice-president of FruitVeB, there can currently be roughly 5-6 thousand hectares of productive plantations in the country. This was also confirmed by the database of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), according to which in 2020 walnuts were grown on 6396 hectares in Hungary. Péter Kelemen also spoke about the fact that the weather in 2021 had an adverse effect on fruit size throughout the country, especially due to the cold spring and drought summer. The spring frosts, especially in the western part of the country, have damaged walnut growers, where farmers are harvesting low to medium yields. The situation was somewhat better in the eastern part of the country, where ...