A contact in the farming scene in Vojvodina provided the following insights.
Price per kilogram of corn is in the mid teens of RSD per kilo, having moved from the mid-thirties a couple of years ago. A level of 13 or 14 RSD means that production takes place at a loss.
Export of grain from the region is currently being held back by a lack of ships at the Romanian port Constanta.
In Vojvodina, a multi-ethnic part of Serbia, farmers with only Serbian passports see themselves at a disadvantage to those who also have either Hungarian or Slovakian passports, because the latter receive additional support from the governments of Hungary and Slovakia. The differences in income are substantial and mean that those with dual nationality are able to buy much better equipment and more land.
A similar situation exists in Romania but the contrast is less extreme as local support is stronger. However, there as in Bulgaria, a lot of agricultural land is being bought up principally by foreigners from western Europe. Only those with degrees in agriculture can buy farmland in Germany, for example, whereas in Balkan countries, no such restrictions exist.
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