Head of fruit and vegetable growers’ association FruitVeb Béla Mártonffy said the aim is for Hungary to reconquer its markets and become the world’s third-biggest exporter of watermelons as it was in the early 2000s.

Meanwhile, this year’s harvest is expected to yield about 5 million tonnes of milling grade grain, Fazekas said. About half of the crop is expected to be exported. Hungary’s wheat crop was a little more than 5 million tonnes last year.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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