The barley is already in the granaries

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The area sown for autumn barley was almost 260,000 hectares, from which 1.47 million tons of crops were harvested. The crop’s average yield is 5.7 tons per hectare, but there is a large national deviation. The best crop results – over 6.5 t/ha – were achieved in the southern Transdanubian counties, while the lack of rainfall had a greater impact in the regions of the Northern Great Plain and Northern Hungary.

Winter wheat was sown on more than 864,000 hectares, the harvest of which is taking place at an appropriate pace and the crop has currently been harvested from 76 percent of the area

The national average yield in the areas so far is around 5.7 tons per hectare, which can be said to be an average yield at the national level compared to previous years. In the case of wheat, the crop results are also affected by the significantly different rainfall distribution of the previous months by area. Thanks to this, the highest averages were reported from the counties of Baranya and Vas, the lowest from the counties of Pest and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. There are large differences in terms of quality and quantity, depending on the variety and production technology.

The other field crops are also harvested

Autumn cabbage rape has been sown on about 174,000 hectares, the progress of its harvest is over 80 percent, and an average yield of 2.7 tons per hectare can be counted on nationally. The seed pea harvest also exceeds 80 percent, with an average yield of 2.7 tons. Spring barley, rye, oats and triticale are harvested continuously. Most of the rye was harvested green by livestock farmers, so in many places only estimated average yields can be counted on. Based on the harvest data so far, the average yield for rye is 3.1 t/ha, for spring barley 5 t/ha, for triticale 4.4 t/ha, and for oats 2.8 t/ha. This year’s crop volume to be harvested covers domestic needs and the usual amount of exports. It is interesting that, according to Copa-Cogeca’s harvest assessment for the year 2024, the production of wheat (-6.3%) and barley (-9%) has fallen significantly at the EU level.

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