The winter wheat harvest is nearing its end

90 percent of winter wheat has already been harvested, yielding around 5.25 tonnes per hectare nationwide – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said in Szeged-Szőreg on Monday.

Farkas Sándor said at a press conference at the gathering point of the Hungarian Bread that the total area of summer crops is 1.66 million hectares this year, 4.7 percent less than last year, with an expected crop of 2,773 million tonnes, which satisfies the domestic needs and a significant quantity can be exported as well. (MTI)