Archive for May 24th, 2022

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on May 23 released a new report showing smaller projected yield for the 2022-23 wheat, barley and rapeseed crops because of a recent stretch of dry weather in parts of Europe.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Center Monitoring Agricultural Resources (MARS), in its monthly report, forecast soft wheat yield in the EU declining from 5.95 tonnes per hectare in April to 5.89 tph. If realized, this year’s yield would be 2.5% below ...