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Good perspectives for winter cereals campaign. Settled rain causes considerable damage om the cherries quality.
Agricultural forecasts
Good perspectives for winter cereals campaign. Settled rain causes considerable damage om the cherries quality. - May 2008
20 June 2008

Summary
On 31 May, early estimates point to a winter cereals yield higher than the average of the last five years. Rice, maize and sunflower surfaces shall be increased although the sowing time is delayed due to the settled rain of the last months. On the orchards a special remark for cherry-orchard that exhibits fruits with lower quality, many times fractured and highly perishable.
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