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Gergely Dózsa, agricultural expert at MBH Bank’s Agricultural and Food Business Unit, told Agroinform that extreme weather patterns have made cultivation increasingly unpredictable, prompting farmers to approach corn production with growing caution.
This is reflected in the steep decline in sown area: while 10-15 years ago corn was planted on 1.2 million hectares, the figure has dropped to just 750,000 hectares this year. Hungary’s corn harvest has fluctuated significantly in recent years.
In 2023, farmers produced 6.3 million tonnes of corn on 771,000 hectares, with a yield of 8.2 tonnes per hectare, Hungary’s fourth-best average in a century. However, yields have fallen in three of the past four years, indicating a downward trend.
“Due to this year’s dry summer, a harvest of more than 4.2 million tonnes is not expected in 2025 either, which again poses a challenge to the processing industry and market players involved in animal feed,” Dózsa said.
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