Bulgaria: Only 157 kg/ha is the average sunflower yield at the beginning of the harvest
Sunflower Seed
Bulgaria
Published Aug 18, 2022
Tridge summary
The first data of the Ministry of Agriculture for this year's sunflower harvest show an extremely low average yield - 157 kg/ha. Last year, 300 kg were recorded at the start, which after a week fell to 250 kg/ha, and by the end of the harvest in November, they were 238 kg. A prolonged drought in July and scant rainfall in August dried up the sunflower before the pans were even full and seeded.
Original content
This year, sunflower areas are about 800,000 decares more (9.1%) compared to 2021, but with low average yields, the crop is unlikely to be higher than last year. Farmers responded to the derogation for the eco-requirements by planting more fields with the oilseed crop. At the time of sowing, sunflower was traded for about BGN 1,400/ton, and then disappeared from the reports of the Sofia Stock Exchange. And in the meantime, traders loaded oil refinery warehouses with cheap ...
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