Bulgaria expects wheat output to fall by 20% this year due to dry conditions, state-run news agency BTA reported in June 2009.
The estimate is based on the assessment of crop condition by May 22, BTA reported, quoting Deputy Agriculture Minister Svetla Bachvarova.
Wheat output will fall by 25%-30% in 2009, as yields are seen at 2.7-2.8 tonnes per hectare, the chairman of the National Grain Producers Association, Radoslav Hrisov, said in the BTA article. Last year's wheat yields were around 4.3 tonnes per hectare.
The estimate is based on the assessment of crop condition by May 22, BTA reported, quoting Deputy Agriculture Minister Svetla Bachvarova.
Wheat output will fall by 25%-30% in 2009, as yields are seen at 2.7-2.8 tonnes per hectare, the chairman of the National Grain Producers Association, Radoslav Hrisov, said in the BTA article. Last year's wheat yields were around 4.3 tonnes per hectare.
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