Heat and lack of rainfall during the summer months of 2017 influenced the production of maize for grain, which was despite increase in the area sown (by 5%) with around 272,000 tons 21% lower than in the previous, for maize good year.
Vročina in pomanjkanje vode v poletnih mesecih 2017 sta slabo vplivala na pridelek koruznega zrnja; ta je bil namreč kljub večji površini (za 5 %) približno za petino (za 21 %) manjši kot v prejšnjem, za pridelek koruze za zrnje ugodnem letu; tehtal je okoli 272.000 ton.