It is unbelievable what happened to wheat and barley in Hungary

Published Aug 12, 2024

Tridge summary

In 2024, Hungary successfully completed its summer harvest by July 24, avoiding any adverse circumstances, as reported by Zsolt Feldman, the state secretary responsible for agriculture and rural development. The country saw sufficient warehouse capacity and most of the harvest was already in storage. The national average yield for winter wheat was 5.8 tons/hectare, slightly exceeding recent averages, while autumn barley yielded 5.7 tons/hectare, marking a 3.7% increase from the previous year. However, the quality of the crops was lower than expected due to saturation from April rains, resulting in lower protein content in wheat. Despite these challenges, some farmers reported good yields with quality issues varying by crop and breed. Edible wheat producer prices in Hungary in the last week of July were about 15% higher than the previous year, while feed wheat prices remained the same.

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In 2024, with the exception of a few small areas, the summer harvest ended by July 24, which this time was not affected by any adverse circumstances. This was reported by Zsolt Feldman, the state secretary responsible for agriculture and rural development, who also stated that the warehouse capacity is sufficient for storing crops, and most of this year's harvest is already in storage. The state secretary said that winter wheat was harvested on 864,500 hectares, and the national average yield was around 5.8 tons/hectare, which slightly exceeds the averages of last year and the last five years. Compared to previous years, autumn barley was harvested in a smaller area - 260,000 hectares - and a national yield of 5.7 tons/hectare was achieved, which is 3.7% higher than last year's value, but essentially the same as the average of the last five years. As is known, in 2023, during the autumn sowing works, the weather worked more or less under the hands of the farmers in Hungary, ...

Source: Agronaplo