2025 for grain producers: A perfect storm of low yields and low prices

"A difficult year" – this is how Radostina Zhekova, president of the Dobrudja Grain Producers' Union, sums up 2025. Low yields, bad weather conditions, EU regulations, and uncertainty surrounding the new CAP define the year as quite challenging for grain producers from the Dobrich region. Yields significantly below potential According to Zhekova, the results for the main crops are disappointing. "What Dobrudja actually got this year is extremely low yields. Considering what the varieties and hybrids can produce, our average wheat yield is around 500 kg. Sunflower yields are around 170–180 kg. And to our extremely unpleasant surprise – corn has an average yield of 217 kg/ha for the entire Dobrudja, which is an extreme stress," explained the grain producer. She emphasized that the region has nearly 1 million hectares of corn, and the realization of production is "extremely difficult" due to a lack of markets. "The emblematic thing this year, which is an extremely worrying signal in ...