Europe's largest producer of sunflower can be Hungary

Sunflower farmers are expected to harvest 1.8 million tonnes of sunflower, thus Hungary could be the largest European producer of sunflower – the Minister of Agriculture told M1 news channel.

Fazekas Sándor emphasized that 5.2 million tonnes autumn wheat was harvested, while the amount of the winter barley crop is 30 percent higher than the results of last year's harvest.

He added that Hungarian agriculture in economic growth has shown its strength, as it contributed to the 2.6 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter by 0.4 percent. (MTI)