Good quality sunflowers with the right oil content were grown in Zala

On an area of almost 8,000 hectares, an average of 2.7 tons of sunflowers were produced per hectare, while farmers expected 3 tons of crops in August. Last year, the average yield of sunflowers was 2.85 tons in Zala County – Sabján Krisztián explained.

He added that the county has started harvesting corn on nearly 30,000 acres. The average yield of 9.3 tonnes per hectare harvested on 640 hectares is well above last year’s 8.62 tonnes. (MTI)