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Melon growers have reason to be optimistic despite the post-Easter frosts
The frosts after Easter decimated the watermelon plantations, but the farmers replanted, and so there is already reason to be optimistic about the melon production – Göcző Mátyás, president of...
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FruitVeB: good fruit harvest is expected, but mild winter and spring frosts risk
More risks for an unusually mild winter fruit crop, earlier bud budding, stronger infections, and possible spring frost can significantly affect this year’s currently promising fruit crop – FruitVeb with....
Read moreThere may be a serious rise in vegetable prices
In Spain last week, heavy storms were raging. Agricultural equipment were destroyed at a large area, suggesting that they will not be able to supply Europe with vegetables in the...
Read moreThe NAK expects sixty thousand tons of sour cherries
About twenty thousand tons of this year’s sour cherry produced in Hungary are exported to the domestic market, and the rest is exported to Germany – Mártonffy Béla, president of...
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FruitVeB: lots of rain increase plant protection spendings
The weekend storm caused damages on a few thousand hectares in the orchards, but fortunately in the major vegetable-growing districts, there was less destruction. But to the east of the...
Read moreThe rain caused significant damages in the open-field strawberry production
This year, the fungus infection and the rainy weather also caused significant damages to the open-field strawberry production. Apáti Ferenc Vice President of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization...
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The Rainy May worsens the turnover of beaches
The Rainy May worsens the turnover of beaches, but the traffic in baths with indoor swimming pools increased. Boros László Attila president of the Hungarian Bath Association told MTI that...
Read moreThe online surface of the drought monitoring network is available fo free
The Drought Monitoring Network is a novel, complex water shortage forecasting system set up by the water sector. It is available from May to everyone on an open, free internet...
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FruitVeB: despite extreme weather, this year’s strawberries crop is good
The winter and spring frosts did not cause significant damage to strawberry plantations this year, so producers, like in the average yield years, can harvest about 15,000 tons of strawberries...
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FruitVeB: weekend rainfall was good for the farmers and the orchards
The precipitation of the sown vegetable seeds and the flowering of the fruits was helped by the rainfall at the weekend, but it did not provide the necessary amount –...
Read moreCereal growers: due to the weekend rain one can already sow in Transdanubia
It is already possible to sow in Transdanubia due to the weekend rainfall, but the lack of rainfall in the Great Plain hinders spring field work – the Chairman of...
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Shortcoming of olive oil can occur across Europe
Olive production in Italy has not been as bad as this year for twenty-five years – Index wrote. The drop was 57 percent, so it is expected that they have...
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FruitVeB: weather badly affected the production of onions
The dry weather badly affected the cultivation of onions and potatoes, while sunflower and tomato closed a good year – the Executive Director of the FruitVeB’s Hungarian Vegetables and Fruit...
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The price of potato has tripled in the United Kingdom
It will be a sad year for those who love potatoes in the UK. The summer heat waves and droughts have so badly affected crops that prices have tripled in...
Read moreCoffee production may be the lowest of the past 20 years in India
The South American Coffee Makers Association predicts that next year’s coffee production may be the lowest since 1997-1998, and will be a quarter less than the expected 316,000 tonnes for...
Read moreLondon Analysts: on a National Economy level weekly shopping expenditure increased with ten-millions due to the extreme weather
London’s financial analysts expect that the extreme weather of recent months is likely to increase the weekly shopping costs with tens of millions of pounds on a National Economy level....
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The IT support of the national hail damage reducing system was handed over
The IT support of the national hail damage reducing system was handed over on Thursday in the headquarters of the Hungarian National Meteorological Service (OMSZ) in Budapest. Löwinger Endre, System...
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Harvest can start very early in the Tokaj wine region
Harvesting of the traditional grape varieties in Tokaj-Hegyalja can be started much earlier than usual, – Molnár Péter, president of the Wine Council of the Tokaj Wine Region told MTI...
Read moreBeer production is affected by the raging heat
Even the beer market is affected by the heat on our continent. In the northern European production areas, the malting barley plantations have dried up because of all the hotness...
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The melon season in Vajszló came to an end two weeks earlier than usual
This year, the watermelon and melon season in Vajszló ended two weeks earlier – Rab Tamás farmer told MTI. He said that the amount of fruit was medium, but its...
Read moreFruitVeb: it is difficult to protect against high heat
Vegetable and plant growers face difficulties to prevent the deterioration of the crop in the high heat. They use modern technology, variety selection and abundant irrigation – Ledó Ferenc, the...
Read moreThe northern part of Europe has been badly affected by the spring weather
This year’s spring weather was extraordinary, which negatively affected Europe’s half, especially the northern areas, according to the USDA report on world agricultural production in July. With an average yield...
Read moreHarvest began weeks earlier this year
The harvest of arable crops this year has started more than a few weeks earlier because of the extremely hot weather – the Minister of State of the Ministry of...
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Very poor apricot crops are expected
It is possible that we can harvest the poorest apricot crop of the past 10 -15 years this year – Apáti Ferenc, Vice President of the FruitVeB Hungarian Vegetables and...
Read moreWe can expect moderate wheat yield
Despite the rain, wheat growers expect moderate crops, but there will be huge fluctuations: there will be very excellent and very poor yields – Világgazdaság Online wrote. World market prices,...
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The hail damage mitigation system also covers lands beyond the borders
The extension of the national hail damage mitigation system that would also cover fields beyond the borders is under discussion. Nowadays, such demands have been formulated in Transcarpathia and Transylvania,...
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Weak fruit production is expected due to spring frosts
The spring frosts mostly damaged the apricot, and it is estimated that due to the significant sprout damages, only relatively weak yields of between 10 and 20,000 tonnes can be...
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The National Ice Damage Mitigation System operates from 1 May
The National Ice Damage Mitigation System is operated from 1 May. The National Ice Damage Mitigation System does not imply any additional obligations for farmers, as it is funded by...
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FruitVeB: strawberry crop will be better this year
Winter and spring frosts did not cause any material damage to the strawberries in Hungary this year. The farmers, like in the years of favorable yields, can harvest about 15,000...
Read moreAgricultural Chamber: autumn sowings are in good condition
Autumn sowings are in good condition due to this year’s mild winter, without snowfall. According to the survey of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK), 90 percent of the 1.6...
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