Poland: Corn harvest this year may amount to approximately 8 million tons

Experts from the Institute of Cultivation, Fertilization and Soil Science - National Research Institute (IUNG-PIB): dr hab. Andrzej Doroszewski, Dr. Anna Nieróbca and M.A. Tomasz Jóźwicki assessed for PAP that in the initial period of the corn growing season, weather conditions for this crop were "quite unfavorable". "The cool May significantly inhibited the growth and development of these plants," they reported. In their opinion, the deepening soil moisture shortages in north-eastern and central Poland also did not bode well for crops this year. However, as they pointed out, after rainfall at the end of June and in July, the situation improved. "The development of plants accelerated, and rainfall in July largely satisfied water needs during the most sensitive period of their growth," they noted. The yield is high and the prices? Experts said that the yields of corn grown for grain according to IUNG-PIB in Puławy are expected to be "quite high, approximately 7.5 t/ha". They ...