The sow area in Hungary has doubled

In Hungary, in the case of production-related subsidies for the crop growing sectors, claims were submitted for grain protein crop subsidies in an area exceeding 120,000 hectares, of which more than 111,000 hectares were soybeans. "We need a common European strategy that can reduce and, in the long term, even eliminate our existing import dependency for protein feed, so the area sown with non-GMO protein crops needs to be increased," said Minister of Agriculture István Nagy at the Újmohác station of the Szója Roadshow. In his speech, the head of the ministry emphasized that one of the keys to successful soybean cultivation is the availability of varieties with high yield potential that have been bred for local conditions. In our country, there are good opportunities for farmers to choose varieties, for example, the Community Variety Catalog offered 746 varieties this year. Of these, the authority responsible for variety registration was convinced that 52 varieties can be grown ...