IGC: Global wheat crop developing nicely

as the potential disaster looming in that sector in the United Kingdom (UK). Isabelle Tranter, meteorologist, Aura Commodities Ltd., discussed crop conditions during a workshop on wheat, starting with Europe after a wet season in 2024. “This year it’s been entirely different,” Tranter said. “We’ve had lots of dry weather, and we’ve managed to get more acreage in the ground across some of these key areas in France, Germany and the UK. We’re also generally expecting much better yields across Europe. “There are still some areas that we’re perhaps a little bit concerned about. France has continued to miss out on rain. We’ve had temperature fluctuations across Poland, but all in all it’s looking quite positive, and especially across some of the southern European countries.” She added that countries like Spain and Romania “have had really favorable conditions this year, so for Europe as a whole we’re actually looking at quite a big increase in production, to around 15 million tonnes for ...