Spring field work in Hungary is coming to an end

Based on the report of the National Chamber of Agrarian Economy, the sowing of spring barley, seed peas, oats and sugar beet has already been completed, there are also few sunflower seeds in the bags, while 97% of the planned area for corn and 93% for potatoes have been sown have already been planted. Soybean sowing has also progressed significantly compared to the previous week and has already reached 90% completion. The total spring sowing area of 2.1 million hectares essentially corresponds to the magnitude of previous years, but there is a shift within the sowing area: compared to the average of previous years, the area of sunflower sowing planned by farmers for this year is 714 thousand hectares larger, and the 871 thousand hectares of corn sowing area indicated in their intention to sow is less compared to previous years. The rise of sunflower compared to corn is due to market processes and the lower-than-average corn yield due to last year's drought year. Among the smaller ...