Following the latest poor results: Will corn disappear from our latitudes?

Problematic, dry, full of challenges of various kinds – this is the shortest description of the year 2025. Part of the problems for farmers comes from the poor results of the main field crops. For wheat, the yields are relatively good – from 450 kg/ha to 700 kg/ha, but this cannot cover the production costs, pointed out Iliya Prodanoff, president of the National Association of Grain Producers. "The bad thing is that the transport costs are so high, and the price so low at the port, that even 700 kg of yield achieved in Vidin or Montana, at a price of less than 30 stotinki there on the spot, does not cover the production costs. A target yield of over 700 kg per farm is literally in the realm of fantasy," explained the grain producer. According to him, only rapeseed can show a good result, but the areas of this crop are too small in our country. Spring crops were problematic in the past agricultural year, affected by both drought and market prices. "The average sunflower yield in ...