What access to maize seed in Europe? There will be no problems

Published 2024년 12월 3일

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The article highlights the current state of corn seed availability in Europe, focusing on the impact of climatic conditions and production yields from key countries like France, Hungary, and Romania. The year 2023 brought favorable conditions, allowing for the replenishment of depleted stocks, and an increase in production due to expanded participation from Ukraine and Western companies. However, the market now faces an oversupply issue, exacerbated by lower domestic demand and adverse weather conditions in Romania and Hungary, which negatively affected seed production. Despite these challenges, Anna Kołakowska emphasizes that there is sufficient seed material for the new season, ensuring farmers have access to the necessary supplies.

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We thought that the problem could be especially in France, which, when we had practically harvested production corn, with record-high dry seeds, still had a lot to harvest, with record-high humidity. And this country is one of the main suppliers of certified seed material in Europe. What is the access to corn seeds? - Last year 2023 was characterized by very good climatic conditions in the main production basins of corn seed material, i.e. France, Hungary and Romania. Therefore, it allowed us to replenish stocks, which were significantly depleted in previous years - Anna Kołakowska told the editorial office of the farmer.pl portal. The year 2023 allowed us to replenish stocks in Europe. - At the same time, the cultivation of so-called consumption corn decreased. So on the consumption side, there was less demand. Countries such as I mentioned earlier, France, Romania and Hungary, produce for the domestic market. At the same time, a new operator that has the equivalent of seed ...

Source: Farmer.pl