Wheat crop totaled over 7 million tons, up 25% on 2010. This is the third year of growth in a row, after 2009 and 2010 (5.2 million tons and 5.7 million tons).
The 10.4 million ton corn crop puts Romania among the top ten corn producers worldwide for the second time in a row, leaving behind countries like Russia and India. The corn production has been on the rise over the last four years, gaining 2.6 million tons in the meantime. It was also 15% higher this year than in 2010.
Farmers also harvested 2 million tons of sunflower in 2011, 700,000 tons more than in 2010. Production doubled compared with 2009 when it stood at 1 million tons.
Rapeseed harvest, however, was 100,000 tons lower than in 2010, reaching 0.8 million tons.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)