MARS predicts higher yields of wheat and rapeseed in Bulgaria this season

Wheat

Published Mar 26, 2024

Tridge summary

The latest EC bulletin reports a pressing need for increased rainfall in Bulgaria to support crop growth, highlighting the challenges faced by the agricultural sector due to significantly higher temperatures and variable precipitation since December. This has resulted in dry topsoil conditions, particularly affecting the eastern and southeastern regions with a notable winter rainfall deficit. While some winter cereal crops in the west have seen favorable conditions, central and eastern regions have experienced poor development of winter crops, including a lower than expected rapeseed acreage due to suboptimal sowing conditions and damage from a January cold spell. Despite these adversities, MARS forecasts a slight increase in wheat yields for the upcoming autumn harvest, though barley yields are expected to decrease, with canola yields also predicted to rise.

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The latest bulletin of the EC (MARCH) confirms the general opinion that more rains are needed for crops in Bulgaria. According to them, since December 1, daytime temperatures have significantly exceeded the long-term average temperature (on average by 2.5–4.0 °C), except for a sharp cold snap in January. Precipitation has been highly variable. The extremely dry sowing of winter crops was followed by heavy rains in November. Rainfall in December and January was 10–40% below the long-term average and has been almost non-existent since then. As our readers, you know that this is exactly what we paid attention to at the end of February. The bulletin also said that the winter rainfall deficit was more severe (up to 95 mm) in the eastern and southeastern regions. Soil moisture reserves in the deeper layers are still available, but the topsoil is dry. After the heavy sowing, the winter cereal crops benefited from the mainly favorable agro-meteorological conditions in the western ...

Source: Agroportal