Worse yield prospects for summer crops in southeast Europe

The European yield forecast for grain corn and sunflower has dropped by 2% and 5% respectively compared to the figures estimated in September, as a consequence of the worsening prospects for summer crops in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. This is reflected in the latest harvest status bulletin prepared by the European Commission (MARS Bulletin), corresponding to October. As can be seen in the attached table, a yield of 7,130 kg/ha for corn is estimated, which is 5% lower than the average of the last 5 years, and 2,100 kg/ha for sunflower, also 5% higher. lower than the average of the last 5 years. Yield forecasts for other summer crops were revised slightly upwards at EU level, which is mainly due to the favorably warm first half of autumn combined with adequate soil moisture conditions in the northern half of Europe. In most of Europe, the first half of autumn was the warmest or one of the warmest according to JRC MARS records (since 1991). In most regions, particularly in ...