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MARS Crop Monitoring Bulletins: July overall yield outlook for cereals at EU level slightly decreased

Crops’ high water demand.
Where possible, farmers in the regions with rain deficit apply irrigation to sustain the crops’ high water demand.
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According to the July issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin Crop monitoring in Europe, issued yesterday, the overall yield outlook for cereals at EU level slightly decreased due to the impact of the June heatwave that affected large parts of Europe, resulting in a limited downward revision of forecasts for soft wheat, spring barley, rye, and triticale.

Forecasts for grain maize and sunflowers were revised upwards due to the favourable conditions in southern-central and south-eastern Europe continuing. This positive outlook for summer crops in south-eastern Europe contrasts with the unfavorable conditions faced in large parts of Austria, Germany, Czechia, the Benelux countries, and France. Soil moisture levels in these regions are low and the rise in temperature and absence of rain forecast for the coming days will aggravate this situation.

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MARS bulletins - crop monitoring in Europe

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24 July 2019