Winter cereals back to five-year average. Grain maize and sunflower yield prospects remain positive. Total EU-28 cereal yield is estimated around the five-year average after having been lowered by 2.9 % compared to the July Bulletin. This is mostly due to yield estimates for soft wheat in France...
Wet conditions delay winter sowing. Continued dry conditions in Mediterranean regions. Major parts of central and western Europe benefited from favourable end-of-season conditions to advance the harvesting of summer crops and sowing of winter crops. However, in Mediterranean regions, low precipi...
Winter crop yield forecasts further down. Improved outlook for maize and sunflower. Water stress, associated with exceptionally dry and warmer-than-usual conditions, affected the flowering and/or grain filling of winter crops and spring cereals in large regions of northern-central and northern E...
Good start to the season and sowing progress. Concerns in Poland and Ukraine after an unfavourable winter. In most regions, weather conditions have been favourable for winter crop growth and spring sowings. In general, the current prospects for EU-28 yields are above the five-year average, and t...
Winter crops are generally in good shape and well developed in the EU due to the mild winter conditions. In general, prospects for the new season are promising. At this stage of the season the forecasts are based on the historical trend or average values....