The article highlights the challenges faced by agricultural crops in Ukraine, Russia, and EU countries due to extreme summer heat and soil drought, affecting not just sensitive crops but also those as resilient as sunflower. These weather conditions have shortened development interphases, leading to a reduced harvest and in some cases, the premature end of the growing season. The MARS agency has revised the yield forecasts for EU crops, including sunflower, showing a 2% decrease compared to the average of the past five years, and expects an 8% harvest decline for the 2024/25 marketing year across the Black Sea-Danube region.