Nearly eighty percent of the grain was harvested in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County

Nearly 80 percent of the grain was harvested in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County – the president of the regional chamber of agriculture told MTI on Tuesday.

Rácz Imre the president of the regional chamber of agriculture told that harvest is completed on 47,838 hectares (78 percent) of the 61,591 hectares of land.

The winter barley harvest has been carried out by the farmers. The average yield became 4.1 tonnes per hectare at the 1,690-hectares border region. This is less than last year, where the average was 4.6 tonnes per hectare. (MTI)