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KOWR: Poland is the third largest maize producer in the EU

Maize (Corn)
Poland
Published Feb 3, 2022

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Last year, Poland became the third producer of maize in the European Union. This is the result of the study of the Analysis and Strategy Bureau of the National Agricultural Support Center based on the data of the European Commission, Crops Market Observatory, as well as the Central Statistical Office and ARMA. Our country, as KOWR emphasizes, is one of the largest grain producers in the European Union. We occupy the third place (after France and Germany) among the EU countries in terms of the obtained crops.

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According to the Center, the total harvest of cereals (including maize, millet and buckwheat) last year amounted to 34.6 million tonnes. In turn, the Central Statistical Office estimated that the harvest of basic cereals - wheat, rye, barley, oats and triticale - with mixtures (excluding maize, millet and buckwheat) was at the level of 27 million tonnes compared to 28.6 million tonnes in 2020. with mixtures, maize was also harvested, which accounted for 22% of the harvest structure in 2021. In our country, maize began to be cultivated relatively recently. At the end of the 1990s, the area of maize sown was approx. 100 thousand hectares. ha. After Poland's accession to the EU, as pointed out by KOWR, the popularity of maize cultivation increased. This was related, as the Center explains, with the introduction of more efficient varieties adapted to the climatic conditions in our country. KOWR also draws attention to the fact that in Poland in the last seven years (2013-2019) the ...
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