EU-27 yield forecast revised downwards for most crops

Sign up to receive the Weekly Market Report and Grain Market Daily from AHDB. The European Union crop monitoring service, MARS, released its July crop yield forecast for the EU-27 on Monday. Due to ongoing extreme weather, yield forecasts for most crops have been reduced, continuing a trend seen in recent months. The report indicates that several major crops, including maize, rapeseed, and sunflowers, are below their five-year average. However, spring barley has improved the most, with yields now estimated at 4.44 t/ha, up from the five-year average of 4.08 t/ha. This is due to good weather in Spain and northern Europe. Regarding monthly changes, the yield forecast for soft wheat slightly increased to 5.87 t/ha from 5.86 t/ha in June. On the other hand, the rapeseed yield estimate decreased to 3.10 t/ha from 3.16 t/ha last month. Sunflower and maize yields were trimmed the most this month, decreasing by 5% and 4% respectively. This decline is mainly due to low rainfall and high ...