EU expects lower wheat and barley harvests

that the exceptionally high wheat yields recorded in many EU countries in 2025 are unlikely to be repeated. As a result, yields are expected to return closer to long-term averages, weighing on overall production levels. Barley production in the EU is also forecast to fall in 2026/27, declining by 8.3% year on year to about 52.1 million tonnes. The decrease is attributed mainly to lower yields across key producing regions of the bloc. By contrast, EU corn production is expected to increase, with analysts projecting output of around 58.5 million tonnes in the 2026/27 marketing year, up from 56.6 million tonnes in 2025/26. For almost 30 years of expertise in the agri markets, UkrAgroConsult has accumulated an extensive database, which became the basis of the platform AgriSupp. It is a multi-functional online ...