Expected a good harvest of maize this year

About 500 kilograms per hectare will be the average yield of maize in the country this year, predicted in an interview with BTA Director of the Institute of corn st.n.s.d Dr. Dimitrina Ilchovska.
Droughts in May affected somewhat adversely, but the rains have fallen, especially in July, contributed to good growth and development of culture, she pointed out.
Manufacturers who have complied with the technology, they can expect results around one tonne of grain per hectare, added Ilchovska.
In recent years our country has been a trend of reduction in area under maize, added the director of the institute. Culture was second after wheat in size and now ranks third after sunflower.
Maize areas are half compared with 1990 as the main reason is the reduction in livestock herds, the expert explained.
In her words, destruction of irrigation systems for irrigation in the country is one of the reasons to produce smaller quantities of grain.
There is no other crop that is the subject of such intense competition from imported seeds from foreign companies, but the institute is keen to maintain a high proportion of Bulgarian hybrids Ilchovska also said in his interview for BTA.