JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe - September 2025 - Vol. 33 No 8
Summer drought reduces yields in south-east Europe
The September 2025 JRC MARS Bulletin confirms that drought and repeated heatwaves during summer in south-eastern Europe have led to irreversible yield losses in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and parts of Türkiye. Summer crops such as maize and sunflower are most affected, with forecasts well below the five-year average. Elsewhere, heatwaves and dry spells alternated with moderate and rainy periods, providing generally favourable crop conditions. While western and central Europe experienced mixed but stable yields, above-average harvests are expected in northern Europe. Irrigation has maintained fair crop expectations in the Iberian peninsula.
Overall prospects for rice are positive, with Italy, Spain, Portugal and France showing strong yield potential, whereas southern Spain, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece face a mediocre to poor outlook. The overall EU rice yield is forecast to reach 6 % above the five-year average.
This edition features an extended section on crop monitoring and yield forecasting for Türkiye alongside an in-depth analysis of rice in Europe’s main cultivating areas
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;
2025-09-22
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC141607
2443-8278 (online),
OP KJ-01-25-089-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141607,
10.2760/7788561 (online),
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