Enough wheat in 2015

BELGRADE - The sowing of wheat in Serbia was carried out on an area of between 500,000 and 550,000 hectares and at the level of the last year's average, Tanjug was told by Nenad Budimovic, secretary of the Agriculture Committee of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.

In case of favorable climate, the yield of common wheat in 2015 is expected to be at the same level as in the previous years, between 2.3 and 2.5 million tons.

The wheat yield in 2014 was lower by 19.6 percent compared to 2013, when about 2.5 million tons were harvested.
The domestic needs stand at 1.5 million tons, and the remaining one million tons were offered on the international market.

Photo Tanjug, J. Pap