EU monitor cuts 2022 summer crop yields after the hot spell
Wheat
Sugar Beet
Maize (Corn)
Published Jul 27, 2022
Tridge summary
The European Union’s crop monitoring service MARS on Monday cut its yield forecasts for all summer crops, including maize, due to hot and dry weather in many parts of the bloc while making small reductions to its winter grain projection. Crop prospects in the EU have taken on extra significance this year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – major wheat, corn, and sunflower exporter – has disrupted Black Sea exports and raised uncertainty over Ukraine’s harvest.
Original content
The European Union’s crop monitoring service MARS on Monday cut its yield forecasts for all summer crops, including maize, due to hot and dry weather in many parts of the bloc while making small reductions to its winter grain projection. Crop prospects in the EU have taken on extra significance this year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – a major wheat, corn and sunflower exporter – has disrupted Black Sea exports and raised uncertainty over Ukraine’s harvest. But sweltering temperatures and sparse rain hurt Europe’s maize crop, reducing harvest prospects further after some countries saw a drop in plantings. “The yield outlook for EU summer crops was substantially reduced due to continued hot and/or dry weather conditions in large parts of Europe,” MARS said in its July report. MARS put its yield outlook for the EU’s grain maize crop, which will be harvested in the autumn, to 7.25 tonnes per hectare (t/ha), down from 7.87 t/ha last month and now 7.8% below the five-year average. ...
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