The food will be cheap, while livestock farmers will be ruined

Wheat

Published Aug 19, 2020

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Flaming news is coming from Serbia, where a rich wheat crop has been harvested by crop growers, who can also rejoice that high-yield crops are now promising high yields. After many years, the raspberry planters there were finally satisfied, but in the meantime, tomato growers and livestock farmers were on the brink of ruin.

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“There is nothing to fear, the wheat is well grown and the autumn ripening crops also promise high yields. There is more room than necessary for everything, the population of Serbia will not go hungry, said Branislav Nedimović, the Minister of Agriculture of the Belgrade government. He based his opinion on the fact that Serbia now has 3 million tons of wheat and the quality is much better than it has been in the last two years. The country's wheat needs range from 1.3 to 1.4 million tons, with the surplus being sold abroad. However, exports are yet to come, as wheat is currently about 5 percent cheaper on the world market than in Serbia. The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, on the other hand, based his optimistic view on the fact that 140-170 millimeters of rain soaked the land in Serbia in June and July, which he said would be enough for maize, soybeans, sugar beets and sunflowers to grow. In the Western Balkans, 990,000 hectares of maize are waiting to be harvested, soybeans ...

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