Drought and heat waves threaten the grain harvest in Europe

Published 2024년 8월 20일

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Climate change is causing significant problems for European farmers, with drought and heat waves affecting corn and sunflower crops in Eastern Europe and prolonged rain in Western Europe damaging wheat. The situation is particularly severe in France and Germany, the EU's largest grain producers, leading to a projected contract in European production to a four-year low. However, Bulgaria reports a better harvest than last year. French wheat producers are seeking the release of EU crisis funding and increased state aid, while the French government is implementing measures to support grain producers. In Bulgaria, while wheat production is up, corn and sunflower crops are suffering from heat and drought.

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Climate change in Europe is already causing serious problems for farmers. At the same time, with different manifestations. While drought and heat waves negatively affect the corn and sunflower crops in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region, including in Bulgaria, prolonged periods of rain since spring in Western Europe are detrimental to wheat. The most affected this year is France, which produces up to a quarter of the grain in the union, as well as Germany - the second largest producer in the EU. On the Iberian Peninsula and in Eastern Europe, conditions are favorable for wheat and barley, and Bulgaria reports an even better harvest than last year. However, this cannot fully compensate for the decline in the largest grain producers in the EU, and the latest market reports from global agencies expect European production to contract to 127-128 million tonnes in 2024, which is at least a four-year low. Last year, 133.1 million tons of grain were produced in the EU. The drought ...

Source: Agri