Romania’s wheat crop sees massive increase
Romania’s wheat harvest increased 23 percent to 7.12 million metric tons this year on favourable weather that boosted grain quality, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said.
Wheat was planted on almost 2 million hectares (4.9 million hectares), and about 99 percent of harvesting is complete, Tabara said in a phone interview to Bloomberg yesterday. The wheat crop last year was 5.77 million tons, according to the ministry. This year’s crop was estimated by the ministry at 7 million tons in May.
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Romania is seeking to take advantage of higher international grains prices and boost exports, and there are plans to put 4 million tons of wheat in reserve for overseas shipments, Tabara said.