Serbia

Drought Cuts Serbia Wheat Yields
Reuters, June 14, 2000

Serbia faces one of its worst wheat harvests in 10 years as drought takes its toll, industry officials said on Wednesday. “The wheat harvest has just begun. We are still awaiting early field reports, but an expected average yield of 3.39 tonnes per hectare can only be wishful thinking,” Vukosav Sakovic, head of the Yugoslav Grains Fund, told Reuters. Industry sources also saw the drought affecting spring crops, including maize, sunflower, soybeans and sugar beet.