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Consumption arising from wage growth will boost the economy
Analysts interviewed by MTI expect a 5.4 to 6 percent gross wage growth for 2016. The analysts believe that consumption may be the main engine of economic growth in the...
Read moreThe termination of the ministerial background institutions may cause confusion
The government risks the flowing payment of the EU agricultural funds with the termination of ministerial background institutions and the termination of the Agriculture and Rural Development Office – mno.hu...
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Business sentiment improved significantly in the euro zone
Business sentiment improved much stronger-than-expected in Germany and in the eurozone in June – according to the Mannheim-based ZEW (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) Economic Research Institute. The ZEW said on...
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White mold can cause heavy losses
This year's rainy and relatively warm summer creates very favorable conditions for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the so called white mold infectio that causing serious losses to the sunflower and canola growers...
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Pécs power plant buys agricultural by-products
Pannonpower, a member of the Veolia Energy Hungary group, plans to purchase 200,000 tons of agricultural by-product for its Pécs biomass power plant this year. Farmers in the region can...
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New perspectives in the sheep and goat sector
According to György Czerván, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, the sheep and goat segment could play a more important role in Hungary’s agri-food sector than it does...
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Alföldi Tej exports to Lagos
Hungarian dairy company Alföldi Tej Kft. signed a milk export agreement with Lagos-seated firm Greenlands Agribusiness Consult Limited. In Q1 2016 the Hungarian company exports 21,000 litres of 2.8-percent fat...
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Magazine: NAK wants joint market protection
In 2015 the Hungarian food industry’s performance improved by approximately 5 percent. However, this growth is mainly the result of the 10-percent export expansion, while due to the many cheap...
Read moreSzázadvég: economy may expand by 2.1 percent this year and 3.2 percent next year
According to the forecast of the Századvég Gazdaságkutató Zrt., the Hungarian economy in 2016 will expand by 2.1, while in 2017 by 3.2 percent. Expansion this year may grow mostly...
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Milk imports increased
In Hungary, the national average production price of raw milk was 68.15 HUF / kilogramme in May 2016. Due to the 0.07 percentage point deterioration of the fat content, and...
Read moreThe harvest started in the country's southern counties
The harvest started in the country's southern counties. The early maturing winter barley is already harvested in the sandy areas – the president of the National Association of Grain Producers...
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FM: the widening of the Hungarian-Russian agricultural cooperation to contiue
The widening of the Hungarian-Russian agricultural cooperation will continue – the Ministry of Agriculture told MTI on Monday. According to the information, Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister State of the Ministry...
Read moreBeer market: 2015 was a good year
The Association of Hungarian Brewers reported that 6.5 million hectolitres of beer was sold in 2015 by the four leading beer companies, Borsodi Brewery Kft., Dreher Breweries Zrt., Heineken Hungária...
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More than half a ton of unverified gyros meat was found in Barcs
About six hundred kilograms unverified gyros meat was found by the finance guards of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) in a Slovenian a refrigerator van in Barcs –...
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A growing number of farmers are producing quinoa
The crop called quinoa used in healthy nutrition, can be the newest profit-making crop of the American farmers – agrerszektor.hu wrote. Some farmers, however, consider the crop as the “Inca...
Read moreSlovak livestock is in trouble
The production value of agriculture in Slovakia decreased steadily by a total of 12 percent over the last 20 years – Slovenské Noviny news portal wrote, referring to Milan Semancsik...
Read more2015 was the year of wine
At world level 2.2 percent more wine was produced in 2015 than in 2014: 274.4 million hectolitres were made, according to data from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine....
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Three million forints raised by playing football to save premature babies
On 8 May dm organised their 2nd charity football tournament with the participation of 12 teams. Teams had to pay for playing and this way they collected HUF 3 million...
Read moreQuality-wise a new era is about to start in wine making
Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas has told that the Hungarian wine making sector is about to make great progress in terms production quality. The first signs of improvement were already...
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SuperShop loyalty programme rewarded with international award
SuperShop, the joint loyalty programme of SPAR and OMV, won the Global Award for Brand Excellence – Best Loyalty Program Award. Those companies can win the prestigious prize which offer...
Read moreNearly five million tonnes of wheat is expected
Based on preliminary estimates good results can be expected this year: from winter wheat 5 tonnes per hectare yield is expected – the Minister of State of the Ministry of...
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Two hundred thousand more children in need can get free lunches during the summer
Up to 208 thousand children can get lunch on weekdays during the summer holiday after the government made it mandatory for local authorities – the Minister of State of the...
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The 2016 Quality Innovation contest was announced
The European Organization for Quality’s (EOQ) Hungarian National Committee Association announced the 2016 international Quality Innovation competition in recognition of quality products and services and customer-oriented quality development – the...
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Philadelphia imposes a tax on soft drinks
Philadelphia became the first large American city to impose a tax on soft drinks in what could be a tipping point in the long-running war between health advocates and the...
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Difficult year for livestock farmers
Livestock farmers are ahead of a difficult year – the representatives of the chambers of agriculture from the Visegrád Four (V4) countries concluded at their meeting in Czajowice (Poland). These...
Read morePopular Hungarian strawberry
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that on the 17th week of 2016 fewer types of Hungarian-grown apples were available...
Read moreHailstorm damage compensation: new deadline
The Ministry of Agriculture originally set the 31 March 2016 deadline for applying for compensation in the Agricultural Széchenyi Card scheme. However, the ministry has given a new deadline, 30...
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A comprehensive dairy sector strategy may help
In the European-level milk crisis government help alone isn’t enough: market players need to cooperate in the medium and long term if they want to solve the problems – participants...
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Agriculture’s performance can be improved by one third
With the maximum utilisation of European Union and government subsidies, agriculture’s performance can be improved by 30 percent. Last year the value of the sector’s output reached HUF 2,400 billion...
Read moreThe stores during the European Football Championship can expect increasing traffic
The stores during the European Football Championship can expect increasing traffic, not only from fan products, but also from beer and snacks considerably more are bought this time compared to...
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