Summer crops severely affected in the south and east
Hot and dry conditions across southern and eastern Europe severely affected summer crops such as maize, sunflowers and soybean. Persistent drought in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, southern Ukraine and Türkiye caused irreversible yield losses, especially in rainfed areas. In Hungary and eastern Croatia, heat and rainfall deficits further reduced yield expectations.
In contrast, conditions were more favourable in western and northern Europe. In Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Poland and the Benelux countries, adequate rainfall and moderate temperatures – despite some heatwaves – supported summer crop development, with yield expectations around or above the five-year average. Grasslands in northern regions also performed well.
The winter crop season ended in early July, with an outlook broadly confirming our previous forecasts, mostly close to or above the five-year average.
Looking ahead, cooler and wetter conditions are forecast for central and northern Europe, while southern and south-eastern regions are expected to continue facing hot and dry conditions.
BEN AOUN Wassim;
BIAVETTI Irene;
BUSSAY Attila;
CERRANI Iacopo;
CLAVERIE Martin;
DE PALMA Pierluca;
FUMAGALLI Davide;
HENIN Riccardo;
LUQUE REYES Jose;
MOREL Julien;
NIEMEYER Stefan;
NISINI Luigi;
PANARELLO Lorenzo;
ROSSI Mattia;
SEGUINI Lorenzo;
TARNAVSKY Elena;
THIEMIG Vera;
TODOROFF Pierre;
ZUCCHINI Antonio;
THIEMIG Vera;
BEN AOUN Wassim;
NIEMEYER Stefan;
2025-02-24
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC141590
2443-8278 (online),
OP KJ-01-25-083-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141590,
10.2760/5297971 (online),
