EU grain production to recover in 2025

In its first forecast for the 2025 EU-27+UK cereal and oilseed harvest, the European cereal traders' association (COCERAL) forecasts a 7% increase in output from the previous year. COCERAL projects total grain production this year at 297.8 Mt compared with 278.5 Mt in 2024. Widespread weather problems this year caused total grain production in the EU-27+UK to fall 7% below the five-year average and to the lowest level in 10 years. Leading the expected output rebound is wheat (excluding durum), which is expected to rise from 125.5 Mt to 140.4 Mt, mainly due to a larger planted area and a return to normal yields in Western Europe after the disappointing 2024 harvest, COCERAL said. Barley production in the EU-27+UK is forecast to reach 59.7 Mt compared with 57.3 Mt in 2024, it said. The EU-27+UK maize crop in 2025 is forecast to increase year-on-year to 61.9 Mt, compared with 60.2 Mt, with a much larger crop in the Balkan countries but slightly lower output in Germany and France, ...