Maize seed production in the EU has decreased, and cultivation areas too

- It is estimated that the average target yield per hectare of seed production is about 200 seed units. 70% achieved in France target yield, i.e. a decrease of about 30 percent. In Romania it was even worse, because in this country the reduction in yield from seed orchards reached 50 percent. In Poland, despite slightly better weather conditions, a decrease of 25% was recorded. This shows that there was less seed material for sowing in 2023, Anna Kołakowska from the French Federation of Corn and Sorghum Seed Production tells the farmer.pl portal. But it is also worth noting here that the worse results from 2022 took place after the very good year 2021. Therefore, the companies had stocks, hence the final effects of shortages were not as visible as could be expected earlier. Corn seed market in 2023 - Of course, there were deficiencies in specific segments, in groups of varieties of the most popular, newest and those with sought-after features - evaluates Kołakowska. Unfortunately, ...