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Turkey meat imports fell
According to European Commission data, the EU’s (EU27) poultry meat exports increased by almost 1 percent to 520 thousand tonnes between January and March 2025 compared to the same period...
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Live pig exports, imports and producer prices are also decreasing
According to data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary’s live pig exports decreased by 30.7 percent to 10 thousand tons In January-May 2025, compared to the quantity sold on...
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Profitability of agriculture in 2023: trend break and decline
We used the data from the Test Farm Information System for 2023 for the analyses. The data collection covers a total of 1,855 sample farms, the data of which farms...
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Yield expectations in major maize producing member countries are falling
The International Grains Council (IGC) projects a global maize harvest of 1,276 million tonnes in the 2025/2026 marketing year, 4 percent higher than in the 2024/2025 marketing year. Utilization is...
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Wine prices rose in the first half of 2025
According to AKI PÁIR data, the selling price of wines produced and sold domestically without geographical indications and those with protected geographical indications increased by 18 percent to almost 35...
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Table eggs rose by 30 percent in the first half of the year
According to European Commission data, the EU (EU27) was a net exporter of eggs and egg products in the first three months of 2025. Although imports increased by 52 percent...
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Raw milk exports fell by almost a quarter in a year
According to AKI PÁIR data, the national average producer price of raw milk in Hungary was 199.3 forints/kilogram in June 2025. In addition to the deterioration of both fat and...
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Prices of light and heavy lamb continue to rise
According to European Commission data, the European Union’s imports of sheep and goats (live animals and meat) amounted to 42.9 thousand tonnes in January-March 2025, a decrease of 1.7 percent...
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Rapeseed producer prices rise
According to Stratégie Grains, Canadian canola spot export prices (FOB Vancouver) rose by $34 to $566/ton, while November and February 2026 prices rose by $49 to $560 and $565/ton, respectively,...
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The weakest apricot harvest in the past twenty years is expected this year
According to KSH data, the apricot harvest in Hungary has ranged between 10,000 and 25,000 tons in the past five years, and in 2024 it was 54 percent more (24.9...
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Large decline in foreign trade of live pigs
According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s live pig exports decreased by 26.9 percent to 8,500 tons in January-April 2025 compared to the volume sold on the foreign market...
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Slaughter pig prices down, poultry prices up at the beginning of the year
According to AKI slaughter statistics, 170,000 tonnes (live weight) of poultry were slaughtered in Hungary in the first three months of 2025, 5% less than in January-March 2024. This article...
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42 percent of agricultural investments were spent on buildings and structures in 2024
According to preliminary data from the Central Statistical Office, the performance value of agricultural investments in 2024 was 669.4 billion forints. Based on the data received from the 1237 agricultural...
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Low sour cherry harvest expected across Europe this year
Experts are predicting significant crop losses in sour cherry producing countries in Europe and Asia (except Uzbekistan and Germany) by 2025. In Poland, frosts caused significant damage to sour cherry...
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Sunflower seeds become more expensive
In its June projection, Oil World expects a global sunflower seed harvest of 60.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 marketing year, 11 percent higher than in 2024/2025. Global consumption could...
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The importance of wood industry by-products in biomass use has increased significantly
Based on the data received, in 2024, the total domestic biomass use for energy purposes was 6.4 million tons (+79.4 percent increase compared to 2023), of which 2,092 thousand tons...
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The EU is a net exporter of eggs and egg products
According to data from the European Commission, the EU (EU27) was a net exporter of eggs and egg products in the first two months of 2025. Although imports increased by...
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Producer prices of slaughter cattle increased further
According to AKI slaughter statistics, in January-April 2025, cattle slaughter in live weight increased by 31 percent compared to January-April 2025. Cow slaughter, which accounts for more than half of...
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Whole milk powder selling price on the international market increased by almost one and a half times
The producer price of raw milk, expressed in national currency, stagnated in the European Union and New Zealand in April 2025, while in the USA it decreased by 5 percent...
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Cherries are significantly more expensive this year
According to data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, the cherry harvest in Hungary has fluctuated between 8.6 and 12.0 thousand tons/year in the past ten years. Experts have indicated...
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The producer price of slaughter pigs has decreased compared to a year earlier
According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s live pig exports decreased by 21.6 percent to 6.7 thousand tons in January-March 2025 compared to the quantity sold on the foreign...
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Poultry prices have increased slightly
According to AKI slaughter statistics, 228.4 thousand tons (live weight) of poultry were slaughtered in Hungary in the first four months of 2025, 6.5 percent less than between January and...
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Green pea foreign trade balance is positive
According to KSH data, the green pea harvest in Hungary in 2024 was 38 percent smaller (57 thousand tons) on a 25 percent smaller area than in 2023. According to...
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Feed corn prices have decreased
The USDA’s May projection indicates a global corn harvest of 1,265 million tons in the 2025/2026 marketing year, almost 4 percent higher than in the 2024/2025 marketing year. Utilization is...
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Egg prices are 26 percent higher than last year
According to AKI PÁIR data, the packing house price of caged table eggs (M+L) in Hungary was 67.02 forints/piece in the first twenty weeks of 2025, which exceeded the average...
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Prices of most dairy products decreased in April
According to AKI PÁIR data, the national average producer price of raw milk in Hungary was 203.26 forints/kilogram in April 2025. Despite a 0.07 percentage point decline in fat content...
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Fewer sheep, more expensive lamb
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s sheep flock was 846.8 thousand on 1 December 2024, down 6.6% compared to December 2023. The number of ewes decreased...
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Corn prices up 22 percent from a year ago
Agricultural marketNewsPublication According to Tallage, the spot export price (FOB Gulf) of corn produced in the United States decreased by $1 to $210/ton between April 4 and May 8. In...
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The price of both domestic and imported strawberries has increased
According to Eurostat data, in recent years, 5–7.7 thousand tons of strawberries have been harvested annually in Hungary. Experts expected the harvest of strawberries grown in open fields to begin...
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Compound fertilizer sales increased by 45 percent
Fertilizer distributors sold 518 thousand tons of fertilizer directly to farmers in the first quarter of 2025. Although the volume sold was 2.1 percent less than a year earlier, due...
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