Croatia expects 17.3% drop in the 2024 maize harvest

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics has released its initial estimate for the country's crop harvesting projections for 2024, predicting a 12% decrease in sugar beet production to 440,000 tonnes, while soybean production is expected to increase by 12.7% to 240,000 tonnes. Sunseed harvest is forecasted to yield 155,000 tonnes, marking a 1.9% decrease from 2023. Additionally, the country's wheat production is estimated to grow by 2.2% to 840,000 tonnes.

The country’s output of sugar beet is expected to fell by 12% on the year to 440,000 tonnes in 2024, while the production of soybean is forecast to rise 12.7% to 240,000 tonnes, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics said in its first estimate of crop harvesting for 2024 based on data as of September 1. The country expects to harvest 155,000 tonnes of sunseed this year, down 1.9% from 2023. Production of soft and hard wheat (winter, spring and seed) in Croatia rose by an estimated annual 2.2% in the crop year 2024, to some 840,000 tonnes, the statistical office said last month in a first estimate of production of cereals as of end-August. For almost 30 years of expertise in the agri markets, UkrAgroConsult has accumulated an extensive database, which became the basis of the platform AgriSupp. It is a multi-functional ...