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In 2023, spring frosts caused the most damage

Thanks to the adequate amount of precipitation and the high average temperature, the weather in 2023 was generally favorable for agricultural producers, so there were fewer damage incidents not only...

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The EU agricultural crisis reserve must also be opened to deal with summer drought and flood damage

István Nagy asked Janusz Wojciechowski, the Commissioner for Agriculture of the European Commission, to open up the EU agricultural crisis reserve for producers to compensate for summer drought and flood...

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Tradition and renewal, the Bábolna Farmers’ Days have begun

Bábolna simultaneously preserves the most beautiful traditions of Hungarian agriculture, but at the same time demonstrates the ability to renew itself, stated Minister of Agriculture István Nagy at the opening...

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The protection of producers will be renewed, and farmers will receive more serious help

 Farmers will be able to receive the value of their goods faster than before thanks to the package of producer protection laws that will enter into force next year –...

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Drought damage in agriculture

By the beginning of August, it had reached 75,000 hectares, and the size of the areas declared for drought damage is growing by several tens of thousands of hectares every...

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In 2022, 98 percent of damage mitigation benefits were spent on drought damage

In 2022, agricultural producers were faced with an unprecedented level of drought, which posed significant challenges to the risk management system. As a result of the particularly dry weather this year,...

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The harvest has started in Békés County

The harvest has started in Békés County, the farmers have almost finished harvesting the autumn barley, the harvest falls short of expectations – the Békés County Directorate of the National...

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FruitVeb: there is currently no threat of a drought in the country

There is no threat of drought in the country for the time being, only the soil surface is dry in some areas of the south-eastern part of the country –...

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The payment of 2022 mitigation benefits will begin

On March 28, 2023, the Hungarian State Treasury (hereinafter: the Treasury) started paying damage mitigation benefits within the framework of the agricultural risk management system. Within a few days, the...

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The government quadrupled the resources of the damage mitigation fund

Until March 31, more than 22,000 producers will receive a total of HUF 50.6 billion in agricultural damage mitigation allowances to mitigate the losses of the exceptionally droughty last year,...

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The national corn post-registration variety trial took place at ten locations

For the sixteenth time in 2022, the National Association of Grain Growers, the Seed Association Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, and the National Chamber of Agricultural Economics organized the national...

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The Ministry of Agriculture is extending the extraordinary interest subsidy program

A decision was made to extend the advanced interest subsidy of up to 14 percent of the Agrár Széchenyi Kártya Overdraft for agricultural producers affected by the drought until March...

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Mabisz: insurance companies’ drought payments are at HUF 40 billion

Agricultural insurance companies have paid out HUF 39.96 billion for this year’s drought damages, following nearly 8,500 notifications until the end of October, the Association of Hungarian Insurers (Mabisz) announced...

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Fighting drought is a strategic issue

In addition to Hungary’s climate conditions, the fight against drought is a strategic issue at the level of the national economy, the Minister of Agriculture said on Thursday in Nádudvar....

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These are the rules for loan moratorium and damage payment due to drought

The regulations governing the new loan moratorium due to the drought and special payments by insurers due to drought damage have been published. A loan moratorium and interest-subsidized loans will...

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The Drought Emergency Task Force proposed a five-point action plan

As we wrote about earlier, a separate operative group will deal with the emergency due to the drought. Hungary is hit by a historic drought. The government and the Ministry...

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Bees are starving: there is not enough nectar and pollen due to the drought

The months-long drought is causing serious problems not only for people living in agriculture, but also for beekeepers. In drought, the flowers barely produce nectar and pollen, so the bees...

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The Ministry of Agriculture negotiated with insurance companies about drought damage

Feldman Zsolt, the Secretary of State responsible for agriculture and rural development of the Ministry of Agriculture, held a consultation with the representatives of the insurance companies operating in Hungary...

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The Ministry of Agriculture supports producers with all possible means in mitigating drought damage

By the end of June, the size of the areas affected by the drought damage notification exceeded 300,000 hectares, Minister of Agriculture István Nagy announced on his social media page....

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Satellite-based development is underway to mitigate drought damage

The consortium formed by Combit Számítástechnikai Zrt., the University of Óbuda and the Széchenyi István University won 756.55 million HUF in European Union support for the development of a satellite...

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AM: damage compensation can be claimed for drought damage

A statement by the Minister of Agriculture under the Drought Mitigation Scheme states that this year there was drought throughout the country, allowing affected farmers to receive compensation wherever they...

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The agricultural ministry focuses on drought prevention tasks

Instead of dealing with drought damage, after the damage happened, the focus should be on prevention-related tasks – emphasized Feldman Zsolt, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture at...

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NAIK Director General: drought damages can be reduced

Gyuricza Csaba, the head of the National Agrarian Research and Innovation Center (NAIK) at the Efficiently in Drought Conference on Monday in Hajdúhadház pointed out that farmers do not pay...

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The agricultural research center is begins a country tour for the mitigation of drought damage

The National Agraricultural Research and Innovation Center (NAIK) is launching a professional country tour to give farmers the new knowledge that can effectively reduce drought damage – the director general...

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Magosz: 30 percent of the grain can be the lost due to the drought

Due to drought, 30 percent of the cereal grains could be wasted – Jakab István, president of the Association of Hungarian Farmers (Magosz) told M1 news channel on Wednesday. The...

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340 million euros will be distributed among the drought victims in Germany

Up to half a million (160 million HUF) will be allocated to the drought victim farmers in Germany if the farm can prove that its losses are due to this...

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