Autumn crops: good overall harvest, top results for maize and beets in Austria

Maize (Corn)

Sugar Beet

Austria

Published Oct 14, 2020

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Good yields thanks to favorable weather conditions at moderate producer prices - this is how this year's harvest for autumn crops can be summarized. The reason for this is explained by the President of the Chamber of Agriculture, Michaela Langer-Weninger: “The global supply situation for corn, wheat and soybeans is excellent, the stocks of all three crops are full with around 30 to 40 percent of the respective annual requirement. And this even before the harvest.

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A circumstance that also leads to consistently manageable prices in Austria. ”All in all, the autumn harvest 2020 is a satisfactory“ harvest finale ”. Especially against the background of the numerous weather conditions this year. Large - albeit local - damage was caused by in some cases massive hailstorms, which often brought heavy precipitation and storms. A total of 20,000 hectares of agricultural land were destroyed in this way. This corresponds to a tenfold increase compared to the previous year. "Comprehensive risk provisioning is now an existential necessity for a plannable economy", summarizes Langer-Less. The results of the most important autumn crops in detail Maize: The current harvest suggests a very good result. In the national average, the yields will level off at an excellent eleven tons per hectare. Despite the ongoing precipitation, the mycotoxin monitoring by the Chamber of Agriculture shows no or only slightly increased values. In addition to top yields, good ...

Source: Bauernzeitung