USDA expects Romania's maize crop at lowest level in 11 years
<p>The US Department of Agriculture has once again revised down, by 900,000 tonnes this time, the estimate for Romania's maize/corn production in the 2024-2025 marketing year. This comes after a 400,000 tonnes downward adjustment operated in July amid severe drought in the region.</p>

<p>The country's maize production could thus drop to 7.8 million tonnes, the lowest level in 11 years.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The best performance for the past decade was 18.6 million tonnes ( in 2018). In contrast, Romanian farmers harvested only 5.9 million tonnes of maize in 2012, <a href="https://www.economica.net/prognoza-usda-minus-900-000-de-tone-de-porumb-fata-de-estimarea-din-august-am-putea-avea-cea-mai-mica-productie-din-ultimii-11-ani_773012.html?mc_cid=995e47f354&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Economica.net</a> reported.</p>

<p>In 2023, Romania's maize production was 8.5 million tonnes harvested from 2,373,000 hectares.</p>

<p>At the level of the entire European Union, the maize production for the 2024/2025 marketing year is estimated at 59 million tonnes, down 1.5 million tonnes (2%) compared to the previous estimate, 4% less compared to last year, and 8% below the average of the last five years.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

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