JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe - March 2026 - Vol. 34 No 2
Crops exit from winter dormancy in favourable conditions
Winter crops across Europe are gradually restarting their vegetative growth under favourable conditions, supported by adequate soil moisture and mild late-winter temperatures in many regions. However, excessive rainfall in south-western Europe and parts of eastern Europe in February caused temporary waterlogging and local flooding, though impacts on arable crops remain limited so far. Emerging precipitation deficits in north-eastern Europe require monitoring, as crop water demand will be increasing soon.
Winter hardening was generally sufficient, but severe frost episodes in February, particularly in areas with limited snow cover, may have caused local damage in parts of Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states.
This edition of the bulletin also presents the first quantitative crop yield forecasts for the 2025/2026 cropping season, mostly based on historical trends.
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;
2026-03-23
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC145695
2443-8278 (online),
OP KJ-01-26-012-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC145695,
10.2760/2271917 (online),
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