Specifically, Romanian farmers could get an average of only 4.2 tons of wheat per hectare in 2022, 20% less than in 2021, and 5.7% below the average of the last five years.
According to the new forecasts, the wheat production could be only about 9.3 million tons in 2022, as compared to over ten million tons projected in May, given that the cultivated area is about 2.1 million hectares.
In 2021, Romania’s wheat production was 10.4 million tonnes, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
On the upside, the sunflower yield could be 2.69 tons per hectare, 5.9% over the last year and 3.2% over the average of the last five years.
There was an upwards revision from the forecast in May when EC’s experts estimated an average yield of 2.66 tons per hectare.