A hominy weighing 550 kg was prepared at the second Corn Festival that was staged at the Phitotechny Institute “Porumbeni”. This was larger than the hominy made at the first festival. The Institute’s director Pintilie Parvan said they aim to gradually break the record for the largest hominy, which weighed only 1 tonne, IPN reports.

This year again, the Corn Festival brought together hundreds of agricultural producers, traders in goods and equipment and ordinary people who came to see new corn hybrids and to taste the largest hominy made in Moldova.

Pintilie Parvan said that this year the hominy was made from cornmeal from hybrid corn grains created at the Institute “Porumbeni”. These corn hybrids are intended namely for hominy and the cornmeal from them is even better than the imported one. The goal is to substitute the imported cornmeal with locally produced flour.

Attending the event, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ion Sula said he is convinced that this holiday will become a tradition because the corn occupies a very important niche and ensures the food and fodder security of the country. The authorities will always support the ameliorators who develop new corn hybrids for satisfying the internal needs of the country and for conquering foreign grain markets.