Nearly 4 million tons of autumn wheat and 8 million tons of maize crop is expected

According to the preliminary estimates; 3.9 million tonnes of autumn wheat and 8.1 million tons of maize crop is expected this year – told the Agriculture Directorate of the Agricultural Office (MgSzH).

The harvested area of ​​the autumn wheat is 952 thousand hectares, which is nearly 59 thousand hectares less than last year's harvested area. According to the status of August; 94 percent of the 896 thousand hectares of wheat was harvested with a yield of 4,238 kilograms per hectare.

Maize harvested on 1224 hectares, this is nearly 145 thousand hectares more than last year's harvest area. According to the July 27 preliminary estimation; 8.1 million tons of maize crop is expected this year with a yield of 6,622 kilograms per hectare – reports vallalkozoinegyed.hu.