JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe - August 2021 - Vol. 29 No 8
EU-level yield outlook remains above average
According to the August issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe weather conditions in the EU and the associated impacts on yield expectations were quite contrasting during the period of review.
However, changes to crop yield forecasts are very limited at the EU level.
Improved yield outlook for summer crops in western and north-central Europe
In most parts of western and north-central Europe, predominantly mild temperatures and adequate water supplies led to an improved yield outlook for summer crops.
In some of these regions, the harvest of winter crops continued to be hampered due to frequent rains, leading to a slight reduction in the yield forecast for winter cereals.
Heatwaves and drought negatively impact summer crops in southern regions
In contrast, hotter-than-usual conditions prevailed in southern, eastern and northern European regions.
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, western Romania, Bulgaria and Greece were affected by a severe heatwave starting at the end of July. The resulting negative impacts on non-irrigated summer crops were particularly felt in the areas affected by drought.
In Sweden, the Baltic countries and Finland, a hotter-than-usual July negatively affected the grain filling of spring and winter cereals.
In southern European Russia, the heatwave in August came too late to damage winter crops, but winter cereals in more central regions were negatively affected during the later stages of grain filling.
BARUTH Bettina;
BASSU Simona;
BEN AOUN Wassim;
BIAVETTI Irene;
CEGLAR Andrej;
CERRANI Iacopo;
CHEMIN Yann;
CLAVERIE Martin;
DE PALMA Pierluca;
FUMAGALLI Davide;
LECERF Remi;
MANFRON Giacinto;
NISINI SCACCHIAFICHI Luigi;
PANARELLO Lorenzo;
RONCHETTI Giulia;
SEGUINI Lorenzo;
TORETI Andrea;
VAN DEN BERG Maurits;
VAN DER VELDE Marijn;
ZAJAC Zuzanna;
ZUCCHINI Antonio;
VAN DEN BERG Maurits;
BARUTH Bettina;
2021-08-23
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC124853
2443-8278 (online),
OP KJ-AW-21-008-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC124853,
10.2760/130115 (online),
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