Crop yield forecasts in Europe are revised downwards

Published Jul 23, 2024

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The European Commission's July crop status report, as shared in Bulletin MARS, reveals a mixed picture for EU crop yields, with most forecasts seeing a decrease, though remains near the five-year average. The most significant reductions are seen in sunflower, grain corn, and peas, while spring barley yields are expected to surpass the five-year average, thanks to favorable conditions in Spain and northern Europe. The yield variations are largely attributed to adverse weather conditions, with south-eastern Europe experiencing hot and dry spells, and western Europe and northern Italy dealing with excessive water, leading to challenges for various crops.

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Yield forecasts for almost all crops were revised downwards, but remain close to the five-year average at EU level, according to the European Commission's July crop status report (Bulletin MARS). The most notable downward revisions were recorded for sunflower, grain corn and peas, while forecasts for spring barley and durum wheat were revised slightly upwards. The main reasons for the lower yield expectations are hot and dry conditions in south-eastern Europe, while large areas of the west continued to experience unfavorable wet conditions. South-central and southeastern Europe In large areas of central-southern and southeastern Europe, the months of June and July were exceptionally hot, with several days with maximum temperatures above 35 °C, which negatively affected summer crops around flowering. . In particular, in eastern Hungary, eastern Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, high temperatures combined with a persistent rainfall deficit, compounding these negative effects. Winter and ...

Source: Agrodigital