{
  "id": 16868685,
  "title": "Drought cuts maize harvests across Hungary and Romania",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/drought-cuts-maize-harvests-across-hungary-and-romania",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:17:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/drought-cuts-maize-harvests-across-hungary-and-romania/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Europe’s maize harvest is shrinking sharply as prolonged drought and extreme summer heat damage crops in Hungary and Romania, prompting farmers to abandon vulnerable fields and reconsider what they plant. The European Commission’s latest crop assessment, published on 23 October, confirms that summer crop yields remain below their five-year averages across much of the European Union. Persistent…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}