Fair outlook despite water stress in April
Crop conditions across Europe remain generally favourable, with winter crops developing well overall.
Spring sowing campaigns are nearing completion in many regions, but cool and wet conditions have delayed field operations and early crop development in south-eastern Europe and Türkiye.
Late frost events may have affected rapeseed locally in parts of central and eastern Europe. Insufficient rainfall in April in central, eastern and northern Europe slowed down biomass accumulation. However, recent and upcoming cooler and wetter weather in central and south-eastern Europe may replenish soil moisture and improve crop development. Yield forecasts have
been slightly reduced this month to account for these limiting conditions, but they still remain largely in line with or above the five-year average.
This edition includes an extended analysis of the Maghreb, where continued rainfall and favourable reservoir levels have supported exceptionally positive growing conditions and strong yield prospects, especially in Morocco and Algeria.
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;
2026-05-18
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OP KJ-01-26-011-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC145831,
10.2760/7484139 (online),
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